competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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vaˇnilˇla
 (v  -n  l  )
KEY
NOUN:
- Any of various tropical American vines of the genus Vanilla in the orchid family, especially V. planifolia, cultivated for its long narrow seedpods from which a flavoring agent is obtained.
- The seedpod of this plant.
Also called
vanilla bean
.
- A flavoring extract prepared from the cured seedpods of this plant or produced synthetically.
ADJECTIVE:
- Flavored with vanilla:
vanilla pudding.
- Lacking adornments or special features; basic or ordinary:
"We went through a period of vanilla cars"
(Charles Jordan).
ETYMOLOGY:
Obsolete Spanish vainilla, diminutive of vaina, sheath (from the shape of its seedpods), from Latin v g na
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