Cinnamon

n.

1.

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. 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.

Noun	1.	cinnamon - aromatic bark used as a spice Synonyms: cinnamon bark
	2.	cinnamon - tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon Synonyms: Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum
	3.	cinnamon - spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground

bark, Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, cinnamon bark