an extract of a pod of a tropical American climbing orchid, used as a flavouring
any of a genus of tropical American climbing orchids with long capsular fruits that yield an important flavouring: genus Vanilla
the fruit of this plant
a commercially important extract of the vanilla pod that is used esp as a flavouring
the flavour of vanilla
[Spanish vainilla, dimin. of vaina sheath, from Latin vagina sheath, vagina]