Related Searches
on Ask.com
Cinnamon - 6 dictionary results
cin⋅na⋅mon
[sin-uh-muh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, esp. 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). |
| 6. | a yellowish or reddish brown. |
–adjective
| 7. | (of food) containing or flavored with cinnamon. |
| 8. | reddish-brown or yellowish-brown. |
Origin:
1400–50; < L < LGk kínnamon < Sem (cf. Heb qinnāmōn); r. late ME cinamome < MF < L cinnamōmum < Gk kinnámōmon < Sem as above
1400–50; < L < LGk kínnamon < Sem (cf. Heb qinnāmōn); r. late ME cinamome < MF < L cinnamōmum < Gk kinnámōmon < Sem as above
Related forms:
cin⋅na⋅moned, adjective
cin⋅na⋅mon⋅ic [sin-uh-mon-ik] , adjective
[sin-uh-mon-ik] , adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To Cinnamon
| cin·na·mon (sĭn'ə-mən) n.
[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. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Cinnamon
Cin"na*mon\, n. [Heb. qinn[=a]m[=o]n; cf. Gr. ?, ?, cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay k[=a]j[=u] m[=a]nis sweet wood.] (a) 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. (b) Cassia. Cinnamon stone (Min.), a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry. Oil of cinnamon, a colorless aromatic oil obtained from cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of cinnamic aldehyde, C6H5.C2H2.CHO. Wild cinnamon. See Canella.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : Cinnamon
Spanish:
canela,
German:
der Zimt,
Japanese:
シナモン
cinnamon
c.1390, from Gk. kinnamomon, from Phoenician word akin to Heb. qinnamon. Stripped from the bark of a tree in the avocado family. Ceylon cinnamon, the true cinnamon, is used in Britain, but American cinnamon is almost always from the related cassia tree of Southeast Asia and is stronger and sweeter.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Main Entry: cin·na·mon
Pronunciation: 'sin-&-m&n
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : any of several Asian trees of thegenus Cinnamomum
2 a : the highly aromatic bark of a cinnamon that yields cinnamaldehyde and other aromatic products in the form of cinnamon oil —see
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Cinnamon
Heb. kinamon, the Cinnamomum zeylanicum of botanists, a tree of the Laurel family, which grows only in India on the Malabar coast, in Ceylon, and China. There is no trace of it in Egypt, and it was unknown in Syria. The inner rind when dried and rolled into cylinders forms the cinnamon of commerce. The fruit and coarser pieces of bark when boiled yield a fragrant oil. It was one of the principal ingredients in the holy anointing oil (Ex. 30:23). It is mentioned elsewhere only in Prov. 7:17; Cant. 4:14; Rev. 18:13. The mention of it indicates a very early and extensive commerce carried on between Palestine and the East.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
>
