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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

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BEAN (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Bohne)

BEAN . The Tonqua, Tonka or Tonquin

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BEAN (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Bohne)

bean, also called the coumara

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nut, is the

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SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed of Dipterix odorata, a leguminous

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tree growing to a height of 8o ft., native of tropical

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AMERICA

America . The drupe-like pod contains a single seed possessed of a

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FINE

fine sweet " new-mown

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hay " odour, due to the presence of

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COUMARIN, C9H602

coumarin (q.v.) .

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