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Webster 1913 Edition


Vanillin

Va-nil′lin

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Noun.
(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.

Definition 2024


vanillin

vanillin

English

Noun

vanillin (plural vanillins)

  1. The name of a chemical compound, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, which is the primary constituent of vanilla.
  2. Synthetic compound used as a substitute for the extract of the vanilla bean.

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