Definition of Dipteryx

1. Noun. Tropical American trees: tonka beans.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipteryx

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

Literary usage of Dipteryx

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

1. 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 ... The flowers are borne in racemose panicles, and the FlO. 59. Dipteryx ..."

2. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"Derivation: Bean of Dipteryx oppositi- folia and other species of the Dipteryx. Grades: Technical. Containers: Boxes. Uses: Medicine; flavoring. ..."

3. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1850)
"One species of Dipteryx, namely D. odorata ... Another species of Dipteryx of the Mosquito shore affords a similar fatty oil, which has long been in vogue ..."

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