Vanilla
Vanilla is a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily from the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia). The word vanilla, derived from the diminutive of the Spanish word vaina (vaina itself meaning sheath or pod), translates simply as "little pod".Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people cultivated the vine of the vanilla orchid, called tlilxochitl by the Aztecs. Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés is credited with introducing both vanilla and chocolate to Europe in the 1520s.
Initial attempts to cultivate vanilla outside Mexico and Central America proved futile because of the symbiotic relationship between the vanilla orchid and its natural pollinator, the local species of Melipona bee. Pollination is required to set the fruit from which the flavoring is derived. In 1837, Belgian botanist Charles François Antoine Morren discovered this fact and pioneered a method of artificially pollinating the plant. The method proved financially unworkable and was not deployed commercially. In 1841, Edmond Albius, a slave who lived on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, discovered at the age of 12 that the plant could be hand-pollinated. Hand-pollination allowed global cultivation of the plant.
Vanilla (Leah Dizon song)
"Vanilla" is singer-song writer Leah Dizon's fifth single. It was released on June 25, 2008 and came in a Limited Edition CD+DVD version and a CD-only version which featured the bonus track "悲しみと笑顔の中で". The title track is an up-tempo dance tune "overflowing with R&B taste", while the B-side LOVE SWEET CANDY is a "medium-tempo reggae song."
Track listing
CD Track listing
DVD Track listing
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Vanilla (color)
The color vanilla is a rich tint of off-white as well as a medium pale tint of yellow.
The first recorded use of vanilla as a color name in English was in 1925.
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Vanilla (color sample #89).
Variations of vanilla
Vanilla ice
At right is displayed the color vanilla ice.
The color name vanilla ice for this pinkish tone of vanilla has been in use since 2001, when it was introduced as one of the colors on the Xona.com color list.
Dark vanilla
At right is displayed the color dark vanilla.
This is the color called vanilla on the Xona.com Color List.
Vanilla in culture
See also
Podcasts:
Vanilla
ALBUMS
- Shock Edge 2002 released: 2002
- A盤 released: 2002
- Q盤 released: 2002
- 妖幻鏡Ⅱ released: 2002
- Our Dreams Walking Their Way - Chapter 2 released:
Vanilla
ALBUMS
- I Love Disco 80s, Volume 3 released: 2007
- I Love Disco 80s, Volume 4 released: 2007
- Italo 2000 Rarities, Volume 3 released: 2000
- The World of Disco Fox released: 1998
- The Very Best of Disco Fox released: 1998
- The Best of Italo Disco, Volume 11 released: 1988
- Paradise Mi Amor released: 1985
- Maxi-Mal Disco Fox Classics 4 released:
Maxi-Mal Disco Fox Classics 4
- Auf der Erde (extended Versio)
- I Am Your Believer (club mix)
- Fools Cry (remix)
- Vision of Love (12" vocal)
- Hello (extended Special dance)
- Lost in Paradise (extended version)
- Paradise Mi Amor (original 12" version)
- Dream Baby (extended dance version)
- Llama L'Amor (original 12" version)
- I Do I Do (original 12" version)
- You Want Love (Maria, Maria...) (extended Emotion mix)
Vanilla
ALBUMS
- Super Eurobeat Presents: Euromach 14 released: 2002
- Super Eurobeat Presents: Euromach 11 released: 2001
Super Eurobeat Presents: Euromach 14
Released 2002- Stop & Go
- Don't Stop the Dance
- Don't Stop
- Feel the Fire
- Need Love
- Carillon
- Revolution
- Another Night of Fantasy
- Let the Music Play Forever
- Street Boy
- Calling My Number
- Feelin' Alive
- Wind & Fire
- Music Is Love
- Freedom Wild
- Always on My Mind
- Don't Go Playing With My Heart Again
- Ciao Ciao Ciao
- Crazy
- Baby Can You Love Me
- I Love America
- Korea Japan
- Betty Blue, Baby You
- Maxi
- Bazooka Pistolero
Super Eurobeat Presents: Euromach 11
Released 2001- 777
- 24 Hours a Day With You
- She's My Baby Chevrolet
- Rock 'n' Dolls
- Boys on Fire
- My Love Romance
- Little Crazy Baby
- Till the End of Time
- A Little Goodbye
- People Come On
- Around the Universe
- Too Many Lovers Night and Day
- Good Time
- Highway Star
- When I Fall in Love
- I Want Your Kiss Boy
- Sugar Baby Love Me
- Eurobeat Beat Boom
- Come Together
- Mister Robinson
- Baby Come On
- Hey, You
- Spirit of the Night
- Open Your Eyes
- Franz Tornado
Vanilla
ALBUMS
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by British India
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by Tanya Donelly
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by Gackt
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by Tydi
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by Albert React
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by Pansy Division
Vanilla
by: British IndiaOpening Lyrics
Forget prior engagements
Cancel your plans
Let's do something amazing while we still can
Main Lyrics
I can't breathe under water
I can't stand in the air
But I could tear up your whole world
And then not even care
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Complete Lyrics
Forget Prior engagements
Cancel your plans
Let’s do something amazing
Why we still can
I'm floating above you
High on your kiss
We’re splashed like paint on the pavement
A beautiful waste
I'll drop bombs in the valley
If he comes near you
I'm gonna make something happen
Watch what you do
I can't breathe underwater
I can't stand in the air
But I will tear up your whole world
And not even care
So make lists of your lovers
People you kiss
Then tear them to pieces
Forget they exist
My hometown's a wasteland
Frightened of ghosts
We’re splashed like paint on the pavement
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