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vanilla

/vəˈnɛlə/
noun

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

  2. The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.

    Similar: vanilla bean

  3. The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.

    Similar: vanilla extract

Synonymsimitation vanilla, vanilla bean, vanilla extract
adjective

  1. (of flavor, etc.) Of vanilla.

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

    "vanilla JavaScript"

  3. (sexuality) Not kinky, not involving BDSM.

    Similar: normophilic

Synonymsnormophilic, vanillar

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