NOUN
- fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla
- tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring
How To Use tonka bean In A Sentence
- Tonka bean, musk and vanilla surround a heart of iris, adding warmth and sophistication.
- There's tonka bean, jasmine, may rose, balsam and amber in there too, and lots of powder in the dry down. Times, Sunday Times
- Rose, vanilla, iris, tonka bean: this is a young fragrance with an old heart. Times, Sunday Times
- Tonka bean, musk and vanilla surround a heart of iris, adding warmth and sophistication.
- Tobacco, cascarilla, sage and tonka bean together make it very bold and special. Archive 2008-10-01
- I think its fashionable status will pass soon; tonka bean is basically a poor man's vanilla. Times, Sunday Times
- Possibly his own tonka beans. Times, Sunday Times
- Among the forest products rubber, fustic, divi-divi, [64] and tonka beans, the last used as a perfume, are the only ones of value. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges
- A case report linked teas made from three coumarm-containing herbs - tonka bean, melilot, and woodruff - with high prothrombm time, although the type and amount of coumann was not reported.
- It's bergamot, lavender, lemon and jasmine, with ballast provided by tonka bean. Times, Sunday Times
