Ceylon cinnamon

Ceylon cinnamon

noun
See under cinnamon (def. 1).
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cin·na·mon

[sin-uh-muhn]
noun
1.
the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon), used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon), used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
2.
a tree yielding such bark.
3.
any allied or similar tree.
4.
a common culinary spice of dried rolled strips of this bark, often made into a powder.
5.
cassia (def. 1).
EXPAND
6.
a yellowish or reddish brown.
COLLAPSE
adjective
7.
(of food) containing or flavored with cinnamon.
8.
reddish-brown or yellowish-brown.

Origin:
1400–50; < Latin < Late Greek kínnamon < Semitic (compare Hebrew qinnāmōn); replacing late Middle English cinamome < Middle French < Latin cinnamōmum < Greek kinnámōmon < Semitic as above

cin·na·moned, adjective
cin·na·mon·ic [sin-uh-mon-ik] , adjective
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ceylon cinnamon

noun
tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon [syn: cinnamon
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