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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Vanillin

/vən-ĭl'-ĭn/ · Va·nil·lin · IPA /vəˈnɪlɪn/
01 n. A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obta…
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    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.(Chem.)