Vanilla

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  • noun. Any of various tropical American vines of the genus Vanilla in the orchid family, especially V. planifolia, widely cultivated for its long narrow seedpods, which yield an aromatic substance used especially as a flavoring.
  • noun. The seedpod of this plant.
  • noun. A flavoring extract prepared from the cured seedpods of this plant or produced synthetically.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Flavored with vanilla.
  • adjective. Scented with or smelling like vanilla.
  • adjective. Lacking adornments or special features; basic or ordinary.
  • adjective. White or off-white in color.
  • adjective. Relating to or engaging in sexual activity that is regarded as conventional or unadventurous; not kinky, sadomasochistic, or fetishistic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A plant of the genus Vanilla (see def. 3), especially one of several species yielding the vanilla of commerce.
  • noun. The vanilla-bean or its economic extract.
  • noun. [capitalized] [NL. (Plumier, 1703).] A genus of orchids, of the tribe NeottieƦ, type of the subtribe VanilleƦ.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.
  • noun. The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and Vanilla claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.
  • noun. a sweet-scented West Indian composite shrub (Eupatorium Dalea).
  • noun. the long capsule of the vanilla plant.
  • noun. Same as Holy grass, under Holy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
  • noun. The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.
  • noun. The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.
  • noun. The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.
  • noun. Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.
  • adjective. By association with vanilla as the "plain" flavour of ice cream: the standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans)
  • adjective. plain and without any extras or adornments
  • noun. a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
  • noun. any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers
  • adjective. flavored with vanilla extract
  • Word Usage
    "A third sort, which comes from Brazil, is the _vanillon_, or large vanilla of the French market; the _vanilla pamprona_ or _bova_ of the"
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