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VANILLA BEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long bean-like fruit; seeds are used as flavoring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("vanilla bean" is a kind of...):
flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)
Meronyms (substance of "vanilla bean"):
vanillin (a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings)
Holonyms ("vanilla bean" is a part of...):
vanilla orchid; Vanilla planifolia (a climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America)
Holonyms ("vanilla bean" is a substance of...):
vanilla; vanilla extract (a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans))
