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Definition of Cinnamon

1. Noun. Aromatic bark used as a spice.

2. Noun. Tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon.

3. Noun. Spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground.

Definition of Cinnamon

1. n. 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.

Definition of Cinnamon

1. Noun. A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, ''Cinnamomum verum'' or ''Cinnamomum zeylanicum'', belonging to the family ''Lauraceae''. ¹

2. Noun. Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (''Cinnamomum burmannii'') and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (''Cinnamomum aromaticum'' or ''Cinnamomum cassia''). ¹

3. 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. ¹

4. Noun. A yellowish-brown colour, the color of '''cinnamon'''. ¹

5. Adjective. Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste. ¹

6. Adjective. Of a yellowish-brown colour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cinnamon

1. a spice obtained from tree bark [n -S] : CINNAMIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Cinnamon

1. Cinnamomum zeylanicum, an evergreen tree of the laurel family (lauraceae), and its dried inner bark used as a spice or medicinally. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cinnamon

cinnabarinate synthase cinnabarine cinnabars cinnamaldehyde cinnamate cinnamates cinnamein cinnamene cinnamenes cinnamic

cinnamic acid cinnamic alcohol cinnamic aldehyde cinnamomic cinnamon (current term) cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaners cinnamon bark cinnamon bear cinnamon bread

cinnamon bun cinnamon fern cinnamon oil cinnamon roll cinnamon rolls cinnamon snail cinnamon stick cinnamon sticks cinnamon stone

Literary usage of Cinnamon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"340), "The principal woods, or gardens, as we call them, where the cinnamon is procured, lie in the neighbourhood of Columbo. They reach to within half a ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"That from China is more esteemed, because it has an agreeable smell, peculiar to cinnamon-bark, while the Ceylon oil has a mixed smell of cinnamon and ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1796)
"The following forts, on the other ha.nd, are never barked at all. ' 7. Nica Curundu, ie cinnamon with leaves which referable the ..."

4. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"Of cinnamon and cassia : various accounts. V. l Of cinnamon and cassia the ... When they cut down the whole cinnamon-tree, they divide it into five parts ..."

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