vanilla

noun
UK /vəˈnɪl.ə/
US /vəˈnɪl.ə/

Vanilla is a sweet flavor that comes from a special plant and is used in ice cream and cakes.

I love vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce on top.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The dried seed pod of a tropical orchid plant, used to flavor food.

She scraped the seeds from a vanilla pod into the milk.

3. Something that is plain, ordinary, or without extra features.

The software is pretty vanilla, but it gets the job done.

4. A pale yellowish-white color.

The walls were painted a soft vanilla shade.