noun
tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
• Syn: ↑cinnamon, ↑Ceylon cinnamon tree, ↑Cinnamomum zeylanicum
• Hypernyms: ↑laurel
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cinnamomum, ↑genus Cinnamomum
• Part Meronyms: ↑cinnamon, ↑cinnamon bark
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nounUsage: usually capitalized 1st C
: the bark of a Ceylonese tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.