Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white or yellowish crystalline compound, C8H8O3, found in vanilla beans and certain balsams and resins or produced synthetically and used in perfumes, flavorings, and pharmaceuticals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The neutral odoriferous principle (C8H8O3) of vanilla.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The name of a chemical compound, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, which is the primary constituent of
vanilla . - noun Synthetic compound used as a substitute for the extract of the
vanilla bean .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nature identical molecules are man-made molecules that are present in food and recreated by scientists vanillin, which is a dominant molecule in vanilla, is an example of this.
Jams: Capturing Taste and Time Michelle Krell Kydd 2008
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Nature identical molecules are man-made molecules that are present in food and recreated by scientists vanillin, which is a dominant molecule in vanilla, is an example of this.
Archive 2008-06-01 Michelle Krell Kydd 2008
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Vanilla's active compound is vanillin, which is a strong antioxidant; it also contains vanillanoid, which functions in a similar way to capsaicin, the active compound in chilies, and lowers stress levels in the body.
FOXNews.com 2010
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Even though Mexico gave vanilla to the world, it is still much easier in Mexico to find synthetic vanilla flavoring, "vanillin", derived from pine resin and cloves than the real thing.
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Even though Mexico gave vanilla to the world, it is still much easier in Mexico to find synthetic vanilla flavoring, "vanillin", derived from pine resin and cloves than the real thing.
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Even though Mexico gave vanilla to the world, it is still much easier in Mexico to find synthetic vanilla flavoring, "vanillin", derived from pine resin and cloves than the real thing.
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All mixto means is that it's a mix of real vanilla extract and vanillin, better known as artificial vanilla flavoring.
Mexican Vanilla 2009
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All mixto means is that it's a mix of real vanilla extract and vanillin, better known as artificial vanilla flavoring.
Mexican Vanilla 2009
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When two friends were visiting over a year ago, we looked high and low for it in Morelia and Pátzcuaro, but all we could find was Mexican vanilla with aded vanillin.
Mexican Vanilla 2009
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When two friends were visiting over a year ago, we looked high and low for it in Morelia and Pátzcuaro, but all we could find was Mexican vanilla with aded vanillin.
Mexican Vanilla 2009
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