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vanillin


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vanillin  \Va*nil"lin\,  n.  (Chem.) 
  A  white  crystalline  aldehyde  having  a  burning  taste  and 
  characteristic  odor  of  vanilla.  It  is  extracted  from  vanilla 
  pods,  and  is  also  obtained  by  the  decomposition  of  coniferin, 
  and  by  the  oxidation  of  eugenol. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vanillin 
  n  :  a  crystalline  compound  found  in  vanilla  beans  and  some 
  balsam  resins;  used  in  perfumes  and  flavorings 




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