tonquin bean

A form of tonka bean — A black wrinkled seed of a neotropical legume tree of species Dipteryx odorata, used as a perfume and vanilla substitute due to its high coumarin content.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nountonquin bean (plural tonquin beans)

plural tonquin beans

  1. rareRare spelling of tonka bean
Cite this entry
APA

tonquin bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonquin%20bean

MLA

“tonquin bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonquin%20bean. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tonquin bean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonquin%20bean.

Source: tonquin bean on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.