Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See vanilla, and
  • noun Same as wild vanilla (which see, under vanilla).

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Examples

  • Of course he wanted to know the names of all, but he was obliged to be content with learning that, with the exception of the vanilla-plant, the brilliant legion of orchids furnishes nothing utilized in the arts or industrial skill.

    Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863

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