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Definition of Coumarouna
1. Noun. Tropical American trees: tonka beans.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Fabaceae, Family Fabaceae, Family Leguminosae, Legume Family, Leguminosae, Pea Family
Member holonyms: Coumarouna Odorata, Dipteryx Odorata, Tonka Bean, Tonka Bean Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coumarouna
Literary usage of Coumarouna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach, Andrew Lincoln Winton (1913)
"... from the tonka bean, together with a corresponding proportion of the other
soluble matters thereof. Tonka bean is the seed of Coumarouna odorata Aublet ..."
2. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"The ripe seeds of Coumarouna odorata and C. oppositifolia (Fam. Leguminosae,
sub-fam. Papilionaceae), trees growing in tropical South America. ..."
3. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"There are two principal varieties: (1) Dutch Tonka obtained from Coumarouna odorata.
growing in the northern part of the Amazon region, and (2) English ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... obtained from the Dipteryx (Coumarouna) odora la or Tonka bean, and also
occurring in melilot and some other plants, to which it gives its ..."
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