vanilla
noun/vəˈnɪlə/
/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
Oxford Collocations DictionaryVanilla is used before these nouns:- bean
- essence
- extract
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish vainilla ‘pod’, diminutive of vaina ‘sheath, pod’, from Latin vagina ‘sheath’. The spelling change was due to association with French vanille.Definitions on the go
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