cinnamon
- Noun. (countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, ''Cinnamomum verum'' or ''Cinnamomum zeylanicum'', belonging to the family ''Lauraceae''.
- Noun. Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (''Cinnamomum burmannii'') and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (''Cinnamomum aromaticum'' or ''Cinnamomum cassia'').
- 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.
- Noun. (countable) A yellowish-brown colour, the color of '''cinnamon'''.
- Adjective. Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
- Adjective. Of a yellowish-brown colour.
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