Cinnamon
WordNet
noun
(1) Spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground
(2) Tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
(3) Aromatic bark used as a spice
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Etymology
From , from , from , cognate with Hebrew .
Noun
- A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
- Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmannii) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
- 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.
- A yellowish-brown colour, the color of cinnamon.
Adjective
- Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
- Of a yellowish-brown colour.
See also
- essonite, hessonite
- five-spice powder
- red-hot
- red hotspicy candy
- Appendix:Colours