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Vanilla

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Chemical structure of vanillin
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vanilla

NOUN:

1. Any of various tropical American vines of the genus Vanilla in the orchid family, especially V. planifolia, cultivated for its long narrow seedpods from which a flavoring agent is obtained. 2. The seedpod of this plant. Also called vanilla bean. 3. A flavoring extract prepared from the cured seedpods of this plant or produced synthetically.

ADJECTIVE:

1. Flavored with vanilla: vanilla pudding. 2. Lacking adornments or special features; basic or ordinary: “We went through a period of vanilla cars” (Charles Jordan).

ETYMOLOGY:

Obsolete Spanish vainilla, diminutive of vaina, sheath (from the shape of its seedpods), from Latin vgna.

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In the News . . .

Avocados and vanilla among dozens of wild crop relatives facing extinction -- The Guardian (07 September 2021)
Kellogg commits to 100% responsibly sourced vanilla by 2020 -- FOODnavigator (24 August 2020)
The children in prison for stealing vanilla -- BBCNews (01 October 2019)
Nestlé breaks pledge to end use of vanilla flavouring in baby formula -- The Guardian (09 April 2019)
Precious as Silver, Vanilla Brings Cash and Crime to Madagascar -- The New York Times (04 September 2018)
Fighting the vanilla thieves of Madagascar -- BBCNews (16 August 2018)
The big scoop: America's favorite ice-cream flavor, revealed -- The Guardian (11 July 2018)
Why there is a worldwide shortage of vanilla -- The Economist (28 March 2018)
Vanilla pod farmer: 'Timing is everything' -- BBCNews (16 March 2018)
Vanilla price rise proves chilling for ice cream makers -- BBCNews (07 May 2018)
Madagascan gold: meet the vanilla hustlers – in pictures -- The Guardian (31 March 2018)
Madagascar's vanilla wars: prized spice drives death and deforestation -- The Guardian (21 March 2018)
Madagascar's £152m vanilla industry soured by child labour and poverty -- The Guardian (08 December 2016)
The problem with vanilla: After vowing to go natural, food brands face a shortage of the favored flavor -- Melody M. Bomgardner, c&en, Volume 94 Issue 36, 12 September 2016
A Point of View: What does vanilla yogurt have to do with the secret of happiness? -- BBCNews (19 February 2016)
The History of Vanilla -- Rebecca Rupp, National Geographic, The Plate (23 October 2014)
When Vanilla Was Brown And How We Came To See It As White -- NPR (23 March 2014)

Bruman. Henry. The Culture History of Mexican Vanilla. The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Aug., 1948), pp. 360-376.
Crosby Jr., Alfred W. The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492, 30th Anniversary Edition. Westport, CT: Praeger Publichers, 2003.
Edmond Albius, the Slave who launched the Vanilla Industry -- African Heritage (14 November 2013)
The History of Vanilla -- Rodelle
Rain, Patricia. Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Favorite Flavor and Fragrance. London: Penguin, 2004.
These 5 crops are still hand-harvested, and it's hard work -- MPR (03 September 2014)
The Vanilla of French Polynesia -- SeaSemester, Jackie Conese, 2011
Tahitian Vanilla Originated in Maya Forests, Says Univ of California Riverside Botanist EurekAlert (8/21/08)
- Tahitian Vanilla Originated In Maya Forests, Says Botanist Science Daily (8/25/08)
Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne. A History of Food. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell 2009.
Vanilla -- Wikibooks Cookbook
Vanilla -- Robert John Lancashire, The Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Vanilla planifolia (vanilla) -- Kew Royal Botanical Gardens

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Vanilla planifolia - flower
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Drawing of Vanilla from the Florentine Codex
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and description of its use and properties written in the Nahuatl language
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