vanilla
vanilla
/vəˈnɪlə/
a substance obtained from the beans of a tropical plant, also called vanilla, used to add taste to sweet foods, for example ice cream
(British English) vanilla essence
(North American English) vanilla extract
(British English) a vanilla pod
(North American English) a vanilla bean
Collocations
noun
bean
essence
extract
vanilla
/vəˈnɪlə/
1 tasting of vanilla
vanilla ice cream
2 (informal) ordinary; not special in any way
The city is pretty much plain vanilla.
This is only the vanilla version of the software.
Word Origin
mid 17th cent.: from Spanish vainilla ‘pod’, diminutive of vaina ‘sheath, pod’, from Latin vagina ‘sheath’. The spelling change was due to association with French vanille.