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👧 A girl's name 🎨 A pale color 🌱 A spice plant 🍦 Vanilla flavor
vanille

vanille

8.6
An orchid plant whose pods make a sweet spice used in cooking
  • noun
  • /vəˈnɪl/
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  • The chef added a vanille pod to the custard for a rich flavor.

Examples

  • Farmers in Madagascar carefully harvest vanille to export around the world.

  • I love the taste of vanille ice cream.

  • She bought dried vanille beans at the market to use in her baking.

  • The vanille pod adds flavor to many desserts.

  • The chef added a vanille pod to the custard for a rich flavor.

  • She bought dried vanille beans at the market to use in her baking.

  • The vanille pod adds flavor to many desserts.

Synonyms

vanilla orchid
vsvanille
1 5.3

A climbing tropical plant that produces pods called vanilla beans

focuses on the aromatic pod and its use as a spice rather than botany

How Aromatic

vanilla
1 1.0
vanille
8.6

Surface Forms

vanille singular
vanilles plural

Etymology

Vanille comes from Spanish vainilla ('little pod') because the spice is made from the long pods of the vanilla orchid, so vanille naturally refers to the plant and its pods used for flavor.