vanillon

noun

va·​nil·​lon

¦vanē¦yōⁿ

plural -s

: any of various usually large coarse vanillas of inferior flavor and aroma that are obtained especially from uncultivated vanilla vines

Word History

Etymology

French, from vanille vanilla

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