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tonka

tonka

1 9.1
A seed from a South American tree used to add a sweet, vanilla-like smell in cooking and perfume
  • noun
  • /ˈtɒŋkə/
  • Specialized
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  • Ambre is spicy with notes of patchouli, incense, and tonka bean.

Top nuts for this are cashmere woods, Musk, Tonka bean, marshmallow, amber.

Examples

  • In some recipes, tonka beans are used as a substitute for vanilla due to their sweet aroma.

  • - With a tonka wheel.

  • It's the sweet Tonka lavender scent.

  • Top nuts for this are cashmere woods, Musk, Tonka bean, marshmallow, amber.

  • Vanilla, Tonka bean, incense, sandalwood, Musk, sea vet, ambergris, leather, this kind of thing.

  • The benzoin is a rich ambery-resiny note, the ylang ylang is just a hint of exotic flowers, and the tonka is cozy and vanilla-like.

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  • So it's the title is Moss and the scents are amber, oak Moss, lavender, Tonka bean, sage and grapefruit scented candle consisting of coconut wax made in Los Angeles.

  • The cake was flavored with tonka bean, giving it a rich, vanilla-like taste.

  • She used tonka to enhance the fragrance of her handmade perfume.

Synonyms

tonka bean
vstonka
  • Specialized
9.7

A fragrant black seed from a South American tree that gives perfumes and food a warm, sweet smell

is used mainly for sweet, vanilla-like flavor in cooking and perfumery
coumara nut
vstonka
9.9

A fragrant black seed from the tonka bean tree used like vanilla in food and perfume

is used directly for sweet, vanilla-like flavor in cooking and perfumery

Compounds

tonka bean tree
  • Specialized
9.9

A tall tropical South American tree that produces fragrant seeds for flavoring

tonka bean
  • Specialized
9.7

A fragrant black seed from a South American tree that gives perfumes and food a warm, sweet smell

Surface Forms

tonka singular
tonkas plural

Etymology

The word tonka comes from a native South American name for the small seed or 'bean' known for its sweet, vanilla-like 'smell', so tonka today means the fragrant seed used in cooking and perfume.