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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024va•nil•la /vəˈnɪlə/USA pronunciation n., pl. -las. - Plant Biology[countable] a tropical climbing orchid that has podlike fruit.
- Plant Biology[countable] Also called vaˈnil•la ˌbean. the fruit or bean of this orchid.
- the juice squeezed or pressed out of this fruit, used in flavoring food and in perfumes:[uncountable]ice cream made with vanilla.
adj. - containing or flavored with vanilla.
- ordinary;
commonplace.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024va•nil•la (və nil′ə or, often, -nel′ə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla, esp. V. planifolia, bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food, in perfumery, etc.
- Plant BiologyAlso called vanil′la bean′. the fruit or bean of this orchid.
- the extract of this fruit.
adj. - containing or flavored with vanilla:vanilla custard.
- Informal Termsplain-vanilla.
- Late Latin)
- Latin vāgīna sheath) + -illa diminutive suffix (
- Spanish vainilla little pod, equivalent. to vain(a) a sheath (
- Neo-Latin
- 1655–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vanilla /vəˈnɪlə/ n - 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
adj - flavoured with or as if with vanilla: vanilla ice cream
- slang ordinary or conventional: a vanilla kind of guy
Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin, from Spanish vainilla pod, from vaina a sheath, from Latin vāgīna sheath |