Cin·na·mon n. (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.
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Cinnamomum zeylanicum
n : tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark;
source of the spice cinnamon [syn: cinnamon, Ceylon
cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree]