Dipteryx

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a genus of tropical American trees which produce a black seed called the tonka bean.

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Dipteryx - tropical American trees: tonka beans Coumarouna, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata, tonka bean tree, tonka bean - tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring