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| va·nil·la [ və níllə ] |
noun (plural va·nil·las) |
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1. vanilla pod: the long narrow fleshy seedpod of a tropical climbing orchid. Use: food flavoring.
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2. vanilla extract: a substance with a mild taste extracted from vanilla seedpods or produced artificially. Use: food flavoring, perfumes.
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3. climbing plant: a climbing plant of the orchid family that produces seedpods from which vanilla is extracted. Native to: tropical America. Genus Vanilla.
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adjective |
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1. flavored with vanilla: flavored or scented with vanilla, or having a flavor or scent of vanilla
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2. plain or dull: lacking outstanding or interesting characteristics
  a vanilla rendition of the concerto
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3. comput of basic software or hardware: relating to the most basic version of a hardware device or software program that does not have the refinements of the full-featured version
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| [Mid-17th century. < Spanish vainilla "small sheath" < vaina "sheath" < Latin vagina] |
