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Topic: PLANTS

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Spanish
Origin: vainilla, from vaina 'cover for a blade', from Latin vagina; VAGINA

vanilla

1 noun
     
va‧nil‧la1 [uncountable]
DFHBP a substance used to give a special taste to ice cream, cakes etc, made from the beans of a tropical plant
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