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Pertaining to, or derived from, vanilla or vanillin; resembling vanillin; specifically, designating an alcohol and an acid respectively, vanillin being the intermediate aldehyde.

A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol.

An inferior kind of vanilla, the pods of Vanilla Pompona.

The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol.

Vain or foolish talk. [Obs.]

A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color.

The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.

Acetanilide.

A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

nquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree. -- Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla.

bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.

A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila.

A white crystallized substance, C12H8NH, derived from aniline and other amines.

Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.

That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair. The private concerns of fanilies. Addison.

sting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla- like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.

sure. He feigned a compliance with some of his men, who were bent upon going a cruise to Manilla. Dampier.

See Aniline. [Obs.]

A strong, liquid, organic base, C3H7.C6H4.NH2, homologous with aniline.

A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla. Wood.