The dried aromatic inner bark of certain tropical Asian trees in the genus Cinnamomum, especially C. verum and C. loureirii, often ground and used as a spice.
A plant yielding this bark.
A light reddish brown.
adj. Of a light reddish brown.
[Middle English cinamome, from Old French, from Latin cinnamōmum, from Greek kinnamōmon, probably of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew qinnāmôn.] cin·nam'ic (sə-nām'ĭk) adj.