• The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/tonka_bean/
Ton'ka bean` [ Confer French onca , tonka .] (Botany) The seed of a leguminous tree ( Dipteryx odorata ), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean . [ Written also tonca bean , tonga bean .] Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/68
[n] - fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree 2. [n] - tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=tonka%20bean