I. va‧nil‧la1 /vəˈnɪlə/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Spanish;
Origin: vainilla, from vaina 'cover for a blade', from Latin vagina; ⇒ vagina]
a substance used to give a special taste to
ice cream, cakes etc, made from the beans of a tropical plant
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. vanilla2 adjective1. having the taste of vanilla:
vanilla ice cream2. (
also plain-vanilla) plain, ordinary, or uninteresting:
There are no plans for an inexpensive vanilla version of the software. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲