| 单词 | cinnamon |
| 释义 | cinnamon —cinnamoned, adj. —cinnamonic /sin'euh mon"ik/, adj. /sin"euh meuhn/, n. 1. the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, esp. 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. 2. a tree yielding such bark. 3. any allied or similar tree. 4. a common culinary spice of dried rolled strips of this bark, often made into a powder. 5. cassia (def. 1). 6. a yellowish or reddish brown. adj. 7. (of food) containing or flavored with cinnamon. 8. reddish-brown or yellowish-brown. [1400-50; < L < LGk kínnamon < Sem (cf. Heb qinnamon); r. late ME cinamome < MF < L cinnamomum < Gk kinnámomon < Sem as above] |
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