WordNet
vanilla orchid
n. climbing non-ornamental orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America [syn: Vanilla planifolia]
Usage examples of "vanilla orchid".
It equals in quality and savor that gotten from the vanilla orchid, which grows in only a few tropical regions such as Madagascar.
This is the vanilla orchid, the only one I know of with food value.
This time, the earthy flavor gave him as much pleasure as a glass of mead would have done at home, reminding him of his favorite flavoring, the vanilla orchid, which the cooks in the palace kitchen used in their pale yellow pastries.