tonka
- noun
- /ˈtɒŋkə/
- Specialized
- Ambre is spicy with notes of patchouli, incense, and tonka bean.
Top nuts for this are cashmere woods, Musk, Tonka bean, marshmallow, amber.
- Top nuts for this are cashmere woods, Musk, Tonka bean, marshmallow, amber.
Examples
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In some recipes, tonka beans are used as a substitute for vanilla due to their sweet aroma.
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- With a tonka wheel.
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It's the sweet Tonka lavender scent.
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Top nuts for this are cashmere woods, Musk, Tonka bean, marshmallow, amber.
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Vanilla, Tonka bean, incense, sandalwood, Musk, sea vet, ambergris, leather, this kind of thing.
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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.
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The cake was flavored with tonka bean, giving it a rich, vanilla-like taste.
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She used tonka to enhance the fragrance of her handmade perfume.
Synonyms
A fragrant black seed from a South American tree that gives perfumes and food a warm, sweet smell
A fragrant black seed from the tonka bean tree used like vanilla in food and perfume
Compounds
- Specialized
A tall tropical South American tree that produces fragrant seeds for flavoring
- Specialized
A fragrant black seed from a South American tree that gives perfumes and food a warm, sweet smell
Surface Forms
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.