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Dipterix formerly Coumarouna odorata
(gcide) | Coumarin \Cou"ma*rin\ (k[=oo]"m[.a]*r[i^]n), n. [F., fr.
coumarou, a tree of Guiana.] (Chem.)
The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of
Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting
essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline
substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an
anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin
in also made artificially.
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coumarouna
(wn) | Coumarouna
n 1: tropical American trees: tonka beans [syn: Coumarouna,
genus Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Dipteryx] |
coumarouna odorata
(wn) | Coumarouna odorata
n 1: tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped
pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for
flavoring [syn: tonka bean, tonka bean tree,
Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata] |
genus coumarouna
(wn) | genus Coumarouna
n 1: tropical American trees: tonka beans [syn: Coumarouna,
genus Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Dipteryx] |
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