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noun the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially 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.
a tree yielding such bark.
any allied or similar tree.
a common culinary spice of dried rolled strips of this bark, often made into a powder.
cassia (def. 1).
a yellowish or reddish brown.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adjective (of food) containing or flavored with cinnamon.
reddish-brown or yellowish-brown.
Origin of cinnamon 1400–50; <Latin <Late Greek kínnamon <Semitic (compare Hebrew qinnāmōn ); replacing late Middle English cinamome <Middle French <Latin cinnamōmum <Greek kinnámōmon <Semitic as above
OTHER WORDS FROM cinnamon cin·na·moned, adjective cin·na·mon·ic [sin-uh -mon -ik], /ˌsɪn əˈmɒn ɪk/, adjective Words nearby cinnamon cinnamene, cinnamic, cinnamic acid, cinnamic alcohol, cinnamic aldehyde, cinnamon , cinnamon bear, cinnamon bun, cinnamon fern, cinnamon sedge, cinnamon stone
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British Dictionary definitions for cinnamon noun a tropical Asian lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, having aromatic yellowish-brown bark
the spice obtained from the bark of this tree, used for flavouring food and drink
Saigon cinnamon an E Asian lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum loureirii, the bark of which is used as a cordial and to relieve flatulence
any of several similar or related trees or their bark See cassia (def. 2)
a light yellowish brown (as modifier) a cinnamon coat
Derived forms of cinnamon cinnamic or cinnamonic (ˌsɪnəˈmɒnɪk ), adjective Word Origin for cinnamon C15: from Old French cinnamome, via Latin and Greek, from Hebrew qinnamown
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