Vanilla comes from orchid plants growing in South America and other places with warm, moist weather.

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Extract of vanilla provides a spice used in foods.

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The vanilla orchid also has an interesting form.

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There are chocolate, vanilla and other kinds.

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It is also encourages farmers to grow other crops like vanilla and raise cattle to supplement their incomes.

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