a substance obtained from vanilla pods or produced artificially and used to flavour foods or to impart a fragrant scent to cosmetic preparations

vanilla ice cream

a tropical climbing orchid that has fragrant flowers and long podlike fruit

having no special or extra features; ordinary or standard

choosing plain vanilla technology wherever you can will save you money

the original, vanilla MP3 format is still the most commonly encountered form of the technology

they seem to be quite content in their plain vanilla domestic life

his sex life is totally vanilla