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noun a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings
originEtymology tree Proto-Italic *wāgīnā Latin vāgīna Old Spanish vayna Spanish vaina Spanish -illa Spanish vainillabor. English vanilla English -in English vanillin From vanilla + -in.
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