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- Dictionaryvanilla/vəˈnɪlə/
noun
- 1. a substance obtained from vanilla pods or produced artificially and used to flavour foods or to impart a fragrant scent to cosmetic preparations: "vanilla ice cream"
- 2. a tropical climbing orchid that has fragrant flowers and long podlike fruit.
adjective
- 1. having no special or extra features; ordinary or standard: informal "choosing plain vanilla technology wherever you can will save you money"
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The meaning of VANILLA is vanilla bean. How to use vanilla in a sentence. Did you know?
VANILLA definition: 1. a substance made from the seeds of a tropical plant, used to give flavour to sweet foods: 2…. Learn more.
Vanilla definition: any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla, especially V. planifolia, bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food, in perfumery, etc.. See examples of VANILLA used in a sentence.
vanilla, (genus Vanilla ), any member of a group of tropical climbing orchids (family Orchidaceae) and the flavouring agent extracted from their pods.
VANILLA meaning: 1. a substance made from the seeds of a tropical plant, used to give flavour to sweet foods: 2…. Learn more.
noun. 1. any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla, esp V. plonifolia, having spikes of large fragrant greenish-yellow flowers and long fleshy pods containing the seeds ( beans) 2. the pod or bean of certain of these plants, used to flavour food, etc. 3.
If something is called vanilla — such as coffee or a milkshake — it's usually flavored with vanilla extract or the seeds from a vanilla pod. Vanilla is the most common flavor of ice cream. This word has another, slightly insulting, meaning: a vanilla movie is plain and kind of boring. A vanilla song is on the blah side.
Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from pods of the flat-leaved vanilla ( V. planifolia ). [1] Vanilla is not autogamous, so pollination is required to make the plants produce the fruit from which the vanilla spice is obtained. [2]
noun. /vəˈnɪlə/ [uncountable] a substance obtained from the beans of a tropical plant, also called vanilla, used to add taste to sweet foods, for example ice cream. (British English) vanilla essence. (North American English) vanilla extract. (British English) a vanilla pod. (North American English) a vanilla bean.
Vanilla definition: 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.
