Definition of Dipteryx odorata

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipteryx Odorata

Dipogon
Dipogon lignosus
Dipper
Dippers
Dipsacaceae
Dipsacus
Dipsacus fullonum
Dipsacus sativus
Dipsacus sylvestris
Dipsosaurus
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Diptera
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipteronia
Dipteryx
Dipteryx odorata (current term)
Dipu
Dipus
Dipus sagitta
Dipylidium caninum
Dipylon
Dipylon gate
Dirac
Dirac constant
Dirac delta function
Dirac equation
Dirac fermion
Dirac fermions
Dirca
Dirca palustris

Literary usage of Dipteryx odorata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"The Tonka bean, the seed of Dipteryx odorata. F. tun ka. The Tonka bean, the seed of Dipteryx odorata. ..."

2. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1920)
"... Aublet (Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Willd.). The Adulteration of Vanilla Extract consists chiefly in the use of coumarin or extract of the Tonka bean, ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1879)
"Tonka Bean (Dipteryx odorata}.—The tree bearing the Tonka bean is one of only eight species included in the genus, all of which are large forest trees of ..."

4. Food Products by Henry Clapp Sherman (1914)
"... Aublet (Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Willd.). 23. Vanilla extract is the flavoring extract prepared from vanilla bean, with or without sugar or glycerin, ..."

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