dipteryx

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A genus of Leguminosæ, found in the forests of Brazil, Guiana, etc., including 8 species. The fruit is of a character unusual in the order, being a one-seeded drupe. D. odorata of Cayenne furnishes the Tonquin or Tonka or Angostura bean, used for scenting snuff, for sachets, etc. The wood is very hard, strong, and durable, and is sometimes known as camara-wood. D. Eboensis, the eboe-tree of the Mosquito coast, Nicaragua, is a large tree, of which the wood is excessively heavy, and the inodorous fruit yields a large amount of oil.

GNU Webster's 1913

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

WordNet 3.0

1. n. tropical American trees: tonka beans