| 单词 | bastard cinnamon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbastard cinnamon bastard cinnamon n. [after French †cannelle bastarde (1605 or earlier; now cannelle bâtarde)] cassia, Cinnamomum cassia; (also) the type of cinnamon produced from the bark of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > cinnamon trees cinnamon1495 cassia1553 xylocassia1555 bastard cinnamon1678 cinnamon-tree1779 canella1836 wild cinnamon1858 1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. i. xvi. 88 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. The Dutch..cast their eyes upon Cochin, in the Territories whereof grows the Bastard Cinnamon, which hinder'd the utterance of Ceylan Cinnamon. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 143 Cinnamomum Cassia seems to be the chief source of the Cassia lignea, or bastard cinnamon of commerce. 1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food xv. 484 Cassia, also known as bastard cinnamon or Chinese cinnamon, is a tree which has bark similar to that of cinnamon but with a rather pungent odour. 2008 Washington Post (Nexis) 24 Dec. f1 True cinnamon implies the presence of a false one, and American consumers who buy the spice in the form of three-inch, double-curled sticks..usually are getting just that: cassia, or ‘bastard cinnamon’. < as lemmas |
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