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Vanilla

noun
/vəˈnɛlə/
Word Frequency: 1.5

Definitions

1.nounAny tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
2.nounThe fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.
3.nounThe extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.
4.nounThe distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.
"You can tell that the secret ingredient missing from New CokeTM was vanilla, because certain South American economies collapsed when it was introduced, and miraculously revived when the old formula was used again."
5.nounAny artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.
6.noun(sexuality) Someone who is not into fetishism; a normophile
7.nounAn unmodded version of a game
8.nounA yellowish-white colour, like that of vanilla ice cream.
9.adjective(of flavor, etc.) Of vanilla.
10.adjective(retronym) Standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic.
"vanilla JavaScript"
11.adjective(sexuality) Not kinky, not involving BDSM.
12.adjectivePlain; conventional; unimaginative.

Synonyms

imitation vanillavanilla beanvanilla extractnormophilicvanillarherbcrackercreamcrèmebeerclassicalclassic

Rhymes With

scintillaguerrillamanilamaxillaattilascillaflotillaguerilla
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