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vanilla

/vəˈnɛlə/

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noun

Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.

Examples :

"The bakery used vanilla extract to flavor the cupcakes. "

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noun

The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.

Examples :

"The chef used vanilla beans to make the delicious custard for dessert. "

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noun

The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.

Examples :

"The baker used vanilla extract to flavor the cupcakes. "

food plant fruit

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noun

The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.

Examples :

"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."

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Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.

Examples :

"The bakery used a vanilla flavoring, made from vanillin derived from petrochemicals, to make the cupcakes. "

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noun

(sexuality) Someone who is not into fetishism; a normophile

Examples :

"My friend Sarah is a vanilla person; she doesn't have any unusual sexual preferences. "

sex person attitude

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noun

An unmodded version of a game

Examples :

"My brother played the new racing game, but I preferred the vanilla version. "

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A yellowish-white colour, like that of vanilla ice cream.

Examples :

"The walls of the classroom were painted a soft vanilla. "

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adjective

(of flavor, etc.) Of vanilla.

Examples :

"My favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla. "

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adjective

(retronym) Standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic.

Examples :

"vanilla JavaScript"

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(sexuality) Not kinky, not involving BDSM.

Examples :

"My sister's dating life seems very vanilla; she's not interested in anything adventurous. "

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Plain; conventional; unimaginative.

Examples :

"The presentation was very vanilla; it lacked any interesting ideas or original approaches. "

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