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Definition of Tonquin bean

tonquin bean
Tonka bean Ton"ka bean` [Cf. F. onca, tonka.] (Bot.) 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.]
Tonquin bean
Tonquin bean Ton"quin bean` (t[o^][-n]"k[i^]n b[=e]n). See Tonka bean.

Meaning of Tonquin bean from wikipedia

- and is semi-deciduous. Its seeds are known as tonka beans (sometimes tonkin beans or tonquin beans). They are black and wrinkled and have a smooth, brown...
- Tonkin, the northern region of Vietnam Tonquin War, an alternative name for the Sino-French War Tonquin bean, a flowering pea tree native to Central...
- (present-day Astoria, Oregon). The destruction of the company vessel the Tonquin later that year off the s**** of Vancouver Island took with it the majority...
- Hawaiian Islands (called the "Sandwich Islands" at the time) arrived on the Tonquin in 1811 to clear the site and help build Fort Astoria, as undertaken by...
- planned by Astor: one sent to the Columbia River aboard the merchant ship Tonquin, the other dispatched overland under an expedition led by Wilson Price...
- Dorion Joseph Gervais Michel Laframboise Étienne Lucier Ovide de Montigny Naukane François Payette François Benjamin Pillet Ships Tonquin Beaver Albatros...
- she was acquired as a derelict by Alexander McBean, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Within a month, McBean sold the wreck to a local businessman, who in November...
- Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical ****ociation (TSHA) Black bean episode -Handbook of Texas Online published by the Texas State Historical...
- of Mesoamerica cultivate maize (corn) while Peruvian natives cultivate beans and squash. 4000–1000 BC: Old Copper complex emerges in the Great Lakes...
- new ship to supply Fort Astoria on the Columbia River—their supply ship Tonquin had blown up. In 1824, fur trappers Jedediah Smith and Thomas Fitzpatrick...