vanilla_planifolia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Vanilla planifolia*:
NOUN	plant	Vanilla planifolia, vanilla orchid	a climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans

English > *Vanilla planifolia*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America.
Synonym	vanilla orchid
Member of	genus Vanilla	large genus of tropical climbing orchids
Parts	vanilla bean	long bean-like fruit
Broader	vanilla	Any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers
Spanish	vainilla
Catalan	vainilla

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