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proper noun (wikipedia, Valerian (emperor))
- the Roman emperor, Publius Licinius Valerianus
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noun
- (countable) Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
- (countable) The fruit or bean of this orchid.
- (uncountable) The extract of this fruit.
- (uncountable) The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.
- You can tell that the secret ingredient missing from New Coke<small>TM</small> was vanilla, because certain South American economies collapsed when it was introduced, and miraculously revived when the old formula was used again.
- (uncountable) Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, generally that produced from coal tar.
adjective
- Of or relating to vanilla.
- vanilla bean
- Flavoured/flavored with vanilla or vanilla extract (whether natural or artificial).
- vanilla ice cream'
- (colloquial) By association with vanilla as the "plain" flavour of ice cream: the standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic.
- vanilla suit.
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noun
- (context, mostly, UK) the marrow squash
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noun
- A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
| | veronica |
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noun
- The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.
- 1973, Nicholas Monsarrat, The Kapillan of Malta:
- :A veil that had wiped off the sweat of Christ? Who could possibly believe that? (") The only true Veronica of this century was the veronica of the matador " the classic slow swing of the cape before the bull"s face, imitating that holy wiping, mocking it.
- A devotional image of Jesus's face.
- 1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:
- :He wiped the lady"s martini glass, having had some trouble with a kind of of lipstick, spat in it viciously, then washed it again.
- (context, bullfighting) A circular swinging movement of the cape.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- :The cougher makes a lunge. Slothrop sweeps aside, gives him a quick with his cape, sticks his foot out and trips the kid, who lies on the ground cursing
- (botany) A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 871:
- :meadows full of wildflowers that seemed to Kit enormous, violets as big as your hand, yellow lilies and blue you could shelter from the rain under
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noun (vetches)
- Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
| | viburnum |
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noun
- any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers
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noun
- the climbing plant that produces grapes
- any plant of the genus Vitis
- by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant
| | Viola |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), from Latin "violet"
| | Violet |
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proper noun
- (given name, female) from the English noun violet
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