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TONQUA BEAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 11 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TONQUA See also:

BEAN . The Tonqua, Tonka or Tonquin bean, also called the coumara See also:nut, is the See also:seed of Dipterix odorata, a leguminous See also:tree growing to a height of 8o ft., native of tropical See also:South See also:America. The drupe-like pod contains a single seed possessed of a See also:fine sweet " new-mown See also:hay " odour, due to the presence of See also:coumarin (q.v.).

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