HyperDic: genus_vanilla

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Vanilla:
NOUNplantgenus Vanillalarge genus of tropical climbing orchids
English > genus Vanilla: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of tropical climbing orchids; Old and New Worlds.
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MembersvanillaAny of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers
vanilla orchid, Vanilla planifoliaA climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus vanilla
Catalangenus vanilla

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