Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Tonka Bean

Definition: Tonka Bean

Tonka Bean

Noun

1. Fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla.

2. Tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Tonka Bean

Synonyms: coumara nut (n), tonka bean tree (n). (additional references)

Top     

Crosswords: Tonka Bean

English words defined with "tonka bean": coumara nut, Coumaric acid, CoumarinTonca bean, Tonquin bean. (references)
Specialty definitions using "tonka bean": Coumarins. (references)

Top     

Expression: Tonka Bean

Expression using "tonka bean": tonka bean tree. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tonka Bean

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tonka bean

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translation: Tonka Bean

Language Translations for "tonka bean"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

tonkabønnetræ (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), tonkabønne (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tonkaboom (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean). (various references)

   

French

  

fève tonka, fève de Tonka (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), fève de Tongo (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), coumarou (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), arbre fève tonka (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean). (various references)

   

German

  

Tonkabohne (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), echter Tonkabaum (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κουκί Tonka (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), κουκί Tongo (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), διπτέρυξ η εύοσμος (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fava tonca (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), fava di Tonka (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), fava di Tongo (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onkatay eanbay

   

Portuguese

  

fava-de-tronca (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), ebo (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sarrapia (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean), haba de Tonka (tonka bean tree, tonquin bean). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Ancestral Language Translations: Tonka Bean

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Coumarouna odorata, Dipterix odorata, Dipteryx odorata, DIPTERYX PANAMENSIS. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Anagrams: Tonka Bean

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-k-n-n-o-t"

-1 letter: banknote.

-3 letters: ananke, bannet, beknot, bonnet, kanban, nekton.

-4 letters: abate, anent, antae, atone, baton, beano, beton, bonne, nonet, oaken, oaten, taken, tanka, tenon, token, tonne.

-5 letters: abet, aeon, anna, anoa, anon, anta, ante, bake, bane, bank, bate, beak, bean, beat, bent, beta, boat, bone, bonk, bota, ebon, etna, kana, kane, kaon, kata, keno, kent.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: Tonka Bean


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 6F 6E 6B 61      42 65 61 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01101111 01101110 01101011 01100001 00100000 01000010 01100101 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#111 &#110 &#107 &#97 &#32 &#66 &#101 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 006F 006E 006B 0061      0042 0065 0061 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5481807767236716780

Top     



INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.