VANILLA

(Lat.), n. f. Vaan(wa9n)-ial'la. From Sp. vainilla, a v.-bean. Fr., vanillier (1st def.), vanille [Fr. Cod.], fruit (ou gou e) de vanille (2d def.). Ger., Vanille. 1. A genus of tropical climbing orchids. The Vanillacece, Vanillece, or Vanillidce are a tribe of orchids (of Bentham and Hooker, a subtribe of the Neottiece). [a, 35.] 2. The fruit of V. plan i folia (of V. aromatic a [Belg. Ph.]). [a, 38.] Bastard v. See V. cimar on a. Bourbon v. An inferior variety of v.-bean, said to contain from ID to 2-48 per cent, of vanillin, [a, 35.] Chocolata cum v. [Fr. Cod.] (seu vanillae). Fr., chocolat d la vanille [Fr. Cod.]. A mixture of 100 parts of chocolate (the chocolat simple of the Fr. Cod. without the cinnamon) and 4 of vanilla sac char at a. [B, 113.] Cream v. syrup. A mixture of 3 flu i drachms of strong fluid extract of v., a pint of simple syrup, and a pint of cream syrup. [B, 5 (a, 21).] E ence of v., Fluid extract of v. A preparation e entially equivalent to the tincture of v., but of about two thirds its strength. [B, 81 (a, 38).] Fructus vanillse. See V. (2d def.). Mexican v. The finest variety of v. [a. 35.] Pulvis vanillfe cum saccharo. See V. sac char at a. Rio v. See under V. palmarum. Small v. See V. cimar on a. Tiiictura vanillse. Fr., teinture de vanille. A preparation made by macerating 1 part of y. (2d def.) with 5 parts of alcohol of sp. gr. 0'894 for 12 hours, pouring off the liquid, adding 2 parts of sugar to the residue, and treating this in a percolator with the reserved liquid and with enough more alcohol to make 10 parts [U. S. Ph.]; or by macerating v. several days with five times as much dilute alcohol [Ger. Ph.. Swi Ph., T. A.] (70-per-cent. alcohol [Ru . Ph.], 80-per-cent. alcohol [Belg. Ph.]), or ten times as much 80-per-cent. alcohol [Fr. Cod.]. [B, 95 (a, 38).] V. aromatic a. Ger., gewiirzhafte Vanille. A species with very long cylindrical capsules, which form a part of the v. of commerce. Probably a number of species have been described under this name. The plant is used empirically in syphilis and as a vulnerary, [a, 35.] V.-bean. See V. (3d def.). V. cimar on a. Small, bastard, or wild v.; the fruit of V. silvestris. [a, 35.] V. claviculata. Fr., liane d ble ures. Ger., keulenfriichtige Vanille. Purple-lip orchid, green withe of the West Indies; a v.-yielding species (identified by some with V. plan i folia) growing in the hot and damp regions of America and Africa: used like V. aromatic a. [a, 35.] V. disease. See VANILLISM. V. leg, V. ley. Fr., vanille lee. The vainilla mans a of the Spaniards: the larger and more valuable v. derived from V. sativa. [a, 35.] V. palmarum. A Brazilian species affording an inferior v. (Rio v.) containing 1'03 per cent, of vanillin, [a, 35.] V. plan i folia. V.-plant. a climbing species growing in moist, shady forests; indigenous to eastern Mexico and other parts of tropical America, but cultivated in Reunion, the Seychelles, Java, etc., for its fruit, which forms the bulk of the v. of commerce. This is a fleshy pod about T35 or ^, inch wide and 3 to 12 inches long, O, no; O, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; U, like oo in [s. 689]