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VANILLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("vanilla" is a kind of...):
flavor; flavour; nip; relish; sapidity; savor; savour; smack; tang (the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans)
Synonyms:
vanilla; vanilla extract
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("vanilla" is a kind of...):
flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)
Meronyms (substance of "vanilla"):
vanilla bean (long bean-like fruit; seeds are used as flavoring)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vanilla" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vanilla"):
vanilla orchid; Vanilla planifolia (a climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America)
Holonyms ("vanilla" is a member of...):
genus Vanilla (large genus of tropical climbing orchids; Old and New Worlds)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plain and without any extras or adornments
Example:
the basic car is known as the vanilla version
Classified under:
Similar:
plain (not elaborate or elaborated; simple)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flavored with vanilla extract
Example:
he liked vanilla ice cream
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
vanilla (a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans))
