vanillalike
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editvanillalike (comparative more vanillalike, superlative most vanillalike)
- Resembling or characteristic of vanilla in taste or scent.
- Synonym: vanilla-y
- The vanillalike aroma filled the room when I lit the candle.
- The frosting had a strong vanillalike flavor, much reminiscent of vanilla ice cream.
- 1982, Susan J. Wernert, Reader's Digest North American Wildlife, Reader's Digest, →ISBN, page 423:
- […] the Garden Heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens), valued for the vanillalike fragrance of its purple flowers, is native to Peru.
- 1997 January 7, Susan Miller Cavitch, The Soapmaker's Companion: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes, Techniques & Know-How, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 206:
- Soapmakers are eager to incorporate resins into soap because of their medicinal value, vanillalike scent and rich, brown tones.
- 1998, Lisa Gollin Evans, An Outdoor Family Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 155:
- The vanillalike fragrance of the mature ponderosa pines fills the air.
- 2000 February, Karen Robards, Ghost Moon, Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 94:
- The delicate vanillalike aroma that gave the bush its name wafted around her.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:vanillalike.