I. və-ˈni-lə, -ˈne- noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish vainilla vanilla (plant and fruit), diminutive of vaina sheath, from Latin vagina sheath, vagina
Date: 1662
1.
a. : vanilla bean
b. : a commercially important extract of the vanilla bean that is used especially as a flavoring
2. : any of a genus ( Vanilla ) of tropical American climbing epiphytic orchids
II. adjective
Date: 1846
1. : flavored with vanilla
2. : lacking distinction : plain , ordinary , conventional