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vanilla
[ vuh-nil-uhor, often, -nel-uh ]
noun
- any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla, especially V. planifolia, bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food, in perfumery, etc.
- Also called vanilla bean. the fruit or bean of this orchid.
- the extract of this fruit.
adjective
- containing or flavored with vanilla:
vanilla custard.
- Informal. plain vanilla.
vanilla
/ əˈɪə /
noun
- 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)
- the pod or bean of certain of these plants, used to flavour food, etc
- a flavouring extract prepared from vanilla beans and used in cooking
adjective
- flavoured with or as if with vanilla
vanilla ice cream
- slang.ordinary or conventional
a vanilla kind of guy
Word History and Origins
Origin of vanilla1
Word History and Origins
Origin of vanilla1
Example Sentences
So I usually make matcha at home with unsweetened almond milk, and I add cinnamon and usually use a little bit of vanilla protein shake as creamer in it.
It smells faintly of vanilla, honey and corn — like a memory of an open field just after a storm.
Most cream cheese frostings call for just a handful of ingredients — typically cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and salt.
I have been dallying and making a gluten-free french toast with some nice seeds, vanilla, cinnamon and berries.
Fridays after school and figure skating practice, I’d set out the lineup — chocolate chips, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, Crisco — pressing the dough into fat, craggy mounds on my mom’s old cookie sheets.
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