Manilla vs. Vanilla

Manillanoun

A penannular armlet, mostly in bronze, copper or gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage amongst certain West African peoples.

Manillanoun

See manila, manila hemp, manila paper.

Manillanoun

A ring worn upon the arm or leg as an ornament, especially among the tribes of Africa.

Manillanoun

A piece of copper of the shape of a horseshoe, used as money by certain tribes of the west coast of Africa.

Manillaadjective

Same as Manila.

Manillanoun

a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp

Vanillanoun

(countable) Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.

Vanillanoun

(countable) The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.

Vanillanoun

(uncountable) The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.

Vanillanoun

(uncountable) The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.

Vanillanoun

(uncountable) Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.

Vanillanoun

Someone who is not into fetishism; a normophile

Vanillanoun

A yellowish-white colour, like that of vanilla ice cream.

Vanillaadjective

(of flavor, etc.) Of vanilla.

Vanillaadjective

Standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic.

Vanillaadjective

(sexuality) Not kinky, not involving BDSM.

Vanillaadjective

Plain; conventional; unimaginative.

Vanillanoun

A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.

Vanillanoun

The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and Vanilla claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.

Vanillanoun

any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers

Vanillanoun

a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans)

Vanillanoun

a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans

Vanillanoun

a substance obtained from vanilla pods or produced artificially and used to flavour foods or to impart a fragrant scent to cosmetic preparations

Vanillanoun

ice cream flavoured with vanilla

Vanillanoun

of the creamy colour of vanilla ice cream

Vanillanoun

a tropical climbing orchid that has fragrant flowers and long podlike fruit.

Vanillanoun

the fruit of the vanilla plant which is cured and then either used in cooking or processed to extract an essence which is used for flavour and fragrance.

Vanillaadjective

having no special or extra features; ordinary or standard

Vanilla

Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from pods of the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia). The word vanilla, derived from vainilla, the diminutive of the Spanish word vaina (vaina itself meaning a sheath or a pod), is translated simply as .