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Vanilla

Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily obtained from the seed pods of the flat-leaved Mexican and Central American vanilla (V. planifolia).

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Vanilla

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Edges160
Triples260
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012422
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Vanilla

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related to Further reading · 33
Vanilla → Chocolate, Cookery, Ecott, Eric, Extraordinary Bean, Food, Fragrance, Great Britain, Grove Atlantic, ISBN, Jennings, Kathryn, London, Luscious Substance, New Haven, New York, Oxford Symposium, Patricia, Penguin, Proceedings
related to Cultivars · 29
Vanilla → Alternatively, Americas, Bourbon, Bourbon-Madagascar, Caribbean, Central, Comoros, France, French, French Admiral François Alphonse, French Polynesia, Genetic, Guatemala, Hamelin, However, Inclusion, India, Indian Ocean, It, Madagascar
related to External links · 25
Vanilla → Accurate Description, Archived, Bloomberg Businessweek, Classification, Containing, December, Encyclopedia Americana, Europe, February, History, Kew Species Profile, Kitchin, Lifecycle, Madagascar, Several Powers, Special Collections, The Present State, Thomas Kitchin, UCLA History, Vanillanomics
related to history · 18
Vanilla → Although, Aztecs, Before, Caribbean, Colima, Ecuador, For, Gulf, Mesoamerican, Mexico, Olmecs, Pacific, South America, Tampico, The, The Totonac, Totonacs, Veracruz
related to Harvest · 17
Vanilla → Andrews, Any, Beans, Current, Each, Glucovanillin, Harvesting, If, Immature, Its, Judging, Mature, Overmatured, Pale, The, To, Yellowing
related to Pest and disease management · 14
Vanilla → Biological, Bordeaux, Colletrotrichum, Development, Fungal, Fusarium, If, Mosaic, Most, Phytophthora, Sclerotium, The, These, Trichoderma
related to Vanilla orchid · 14
Vanilla → Additional, Although, Every, Indonesia, It, Its, Left, Madagascar, Mesoamerica, Niue, South America, Tahiti, The, This
related to Pollination · 12
Vanilla → As, Claims, Each, Eulaema, Even, Flowering, Generally, In, Melipona, New World, The, This
related to Propagation, preparation and type of stock · 12
Vanilla → All, An, Before, Cuttings, Dissemination, For, Mulching, One, Pits, Planting, The, Wilting
related to Grading · 10
Vanilla → Beans, Each, Higher-grade, However, In, Lower-grade, Once, Several, Such, Whole

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pods fruits vanillin fruit pollination planifolia used flavor production plant grown madagascar réunion also species beans french vine needed flowers

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Vanillais aspice derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla0.90text
Vanillais aV. planifolia species0.90text
Vanillais aworld's second-most expensive spice after saffron0.90text
Vanillais awidely used aroma and flavor compound for foods0.90text
Vanillais aprized flavoring agent on its own0.90text
Vanillais acommon ingredient in Western sweet baked goods0.90text
Madagascarinstance ofis from Indian Ocean islands0.80text
the Comorosinstance ofis from Indian Ocean islands0.80text
Mauritiusinstance ofis from Indian Ocean islands0.80text
Réunioninstance ofis from Indian Ocean islands0.80text
formerly named the Île Bourboninstance ofis from Indian Ocean islands0.80text
Indiainstance ofIt is also used to describe the distinctive vanilla flavor derived from V. planifolia grown successfully in tropical countries0.80text

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