Thesaurus: cinnamon

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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.
2. n. Cassia.
3. n. aromatic bark used as a spice
4. n. tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
5. n. spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground
6. (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.
7. n:100 n. aromatic bark used as a spice n. tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon n. spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground