tonka bean

n 1: fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in

perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla

[syn: {coumara nut}]

2: tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped

pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for

flavoring [syn: {tonka bean tree}, {Coumarouna odorata}, {Dipteryx

odorata}]