tonka bean
- noun
- /ˈtɔŋkə bin/
- Specialized
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frijol tonka
- Perfume makers often use tonka bean for its rich and warm aroma.
Top nuts for this are cashmere woods, Musk, Tonka bean, marshmallow, amber.
- Top nuts for this are cashmere woods, Musk, Tonka bean, marshmallow, amber.
- 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.
Examples
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In traditional medicine, tonka bean is sometimes utilized for its soothing properties.
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Top nuts for this are cashmere woods, Musk, Tonka bean, marshmallow, amber.
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Ambre is spicy with notes of patchouli, incense, and tonka bean.
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Vanilla, Tonka bean, incense, sandalwood, Musk, sea vet, ambergris, leather, this kind of thing.
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The pastry was flavored with tonka bean to add a unique sweetness.
Synonyms
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A seed from a South American tree used to add a sweet, vanilla-like smell in cooking and perfume
A fragrant black seed from the tonka bean tree used like vanilla in food and perfume
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward noun+noun compound naming a specific kind of bean: 'tonka' (a seed used for flavor and fragrance) combined with 'bean' (an edible seed) yields the referential meaning of a particular fragrant seed. The meaning is directly compositional and predictable from the constituents, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.
Etymology
Tonka bean may come from a local South American word and names the dark, fragrant bean, the seed of a tropical tree. Because the bean smells sweet and warm, like vanilla, people used it in perfumes and to flavor food, so tonka bean now means this sweet-smelling seed used for 'scent' and 'flavor'.