cinnamon

  1. Noun.  (countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, ''Cinnamomum verum'' or ''Cinnamomum zeylanicum'', belonging to the family ''Lauraceae''.
  2. Noun.  Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (''Cinnamomum burmannii'') and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (''Cinnamomum aromaticum'' or ''Cinnamomum cassia'').
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the '''cinnamon''' tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above. The product made of ''Cinnamomum verum'' is sometimes referred to as true cinnamon.
  4. Noun.  (countable) A yellowish-brown colour, the color of '''cinnamon'''.
  5. Adjective.  Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
  6. Adjective.  Of a yellowish-brown colour.

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