n.
1.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
2.a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans)
3.a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
Idiom of the Day
gloss (something) over or gloss over (something)
to try to make what is wrong or bad seem unimportant, to hide something
The accountant tried to gloss over the amount of money that the company lost last year.
