cinnamon
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Definition of cinnamon
9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable)A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
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noun
- (countable)A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
- (countable, uncountable)Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) 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.
- (countable, 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.
- (countable)A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.
adj
- (not-comparable)Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
- (not-comparable)Of a yellowish-brown color.
name
- A surname.
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A female given name.
“Cinnamon went on a tear to get the house ready […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English synamome, from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon), later κίνναμον (kínnamon), according to Herodotus from Phoenician [Term?], cognate with Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן (qinnāmōn).
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