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vaina
Spanish · medieval
"pod, sheath"
meaning "sheath" or "pod", from Latin vagina
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vainilla
Spanish · 1500s-1600s
"little pod"
a diminutive describing the slender seed pod
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vanilla
English · 1600s
"the vanilla flavoring"
adopted from Spanish accounts of Mexican vanilla cultivation
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