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vanilline

vanilline is the archaic form of vanillin.

Meaning of vanillin

Noun

vanillin (countable and uncountable, plural vanillins)

  1. A chemical compound, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, that is the primary constituent of vanilla.
  2. A synthetic compound used as a substitute for the extract of the vanilla bean.

Questions about vanilline

What is vanilline the archaic form of?
Vanilline is the archaic form of vanillin.

Words near vanilline in the dictionary

  1. vanilleries
  2. vanillery
  3. vanillic
  4. vanillic acid
  5. vanillin
  6. vanilline
  7. vanillins
  8. vanillinyl
  9. vanillism
  10. vanilloes
  11. vanilloid

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