Ca·nel·la n.  Bot. A genus of trees of the order Canellaceæ, growing in the West Indies.
  Note: ☞ The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon and whitewood bark.
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  canella
       n : highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as
           a condiment and a tonic [syn: canella bark, white
           cinnamon]