vanilla
vanilla is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.
- noun. The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and V. claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.
- noun. a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
- noun. a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans)
- noun. 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
- adjective. plain and without any extras or adornments
"the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond"
"the basic car is known as the vanilla version"
- adjective. flavored with vanilla extract
"he liked vanilla ice cream"
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