cinnamon
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin, from Ancient Greek κίνναμον, from Phoenician, cognate with Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן (qinnāmōn).
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cinnamon (countable and uncountable; plural cinnamons)
- (countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
- Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmannii) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
- (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.
- (countable) A yellowish-brown colour, the color of cinnamon.
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cinnamon colour:
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Cinnamomum verum
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any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
spice
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- Slovak: škoricovník m., škorica f.
[edit] Adjective
cinnamon (not comparable)
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- Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
- Of a yellowish-brown colour.
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flavour
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colour
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[edit] See also
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- cinnamon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- cinnamon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- cinnamon at OneLook® Dictionary Search
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of acimnnno
- nonmanic
