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Vanilla planifolia

DEFINITIONS OF: Vanilla planifolia

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n a climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America

Synonyms:
vanilla orchid
Type of:
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
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