Cinnamon
['sɪnəmən]
Definition
(noun.) spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground.
(noun.) tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon.
(noun.) aromatic bark used as a spice.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Cassia.
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Definition
n. the spicy bark of a laurel in Ceylon: the tree.—adj. cinnamon-coloured.—adjs. Cinnam′ic Cinnamon′ic obtained from or consisting of cinnamon.—n. Cinn′amon-stone a kind of stone found in Ceylon of a cinnamon or reddish-brown colour sometimes cut for jewellery.
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Examples
- Cinnamon jacket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The bark is light, soft and of a bright cinnamon color. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Extracts of lemon and vanilla are most frequently used; nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But in this mortal life extremes are always matched; the thorn grows with the rose, the poison tree and the cinnamon mingle their boughs. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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