Cinnamon

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The dried aromatic inner bark of certain tropical Asian trees of the genus Cinnamomum, especially C. verum and cassia (C. aromaticum), often ground and used as a spice.
  • noun. A tree yielding this bark.
  • noun. A light reddish brown.
  • adjective. Flavored with cinnamon.
  • adjective. Of a light reddish brown.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tree of the genus Cinnamomum, especially C. Zeylanicum.
  • noun. The inner bark ot Cinnamomum Zeylanicum.
  • Of the color of cinnamon; light reddish-brown.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.
  • noun. Cassia.
  • noun. a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry.
  • noun. a colorless aromatic oil obtained from cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of cinnamic aldehyde, C6H5.C2H2.CHO.
  • noun. See Canella.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
  • noun. Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmannii) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
  • noun. A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above. The product made of Cinnamomum verum is sometimes referred to as true cinnamon.
  • noun. A yellowish-brown colour, the color of cinnamon.
  • adjective. Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
  • adjective. Of a yellowish-brown colour.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground
  • noun. aromatic bark used as a spice
  • noun. tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon