Medical Dictionary
vanilla
noun va·nil·la \və-ˈnil-ə, -ˈnel-\
Medical Definition of VANILLA
1
a : vanilla bean b : a commercially important extract of the vanilla bean that is prepared by soaking comminuted vanilla beans in water and ethyl alcohol and that is used especially as a flavoring (as in pharmaceutical preparations)
2
: any of a genus (Vanilla) of tropical American climbing orchids
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