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Cinnamon

//ˈsɪn.ə.mən// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste. not-comparable
2
Of a yellowish-brown color. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1
A surname.
2
A female given name.
"Cinnamon went on a tear to get the house ready […]"

Noun

1
A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae. countable
2
spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground wordnet
3
Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia). countable, uncountable
4
tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon wordnet
5
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. uncountable

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6
aromatic bark used as a spice wordnet
7
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.; true cinnamon, the product made of Cinnamomum verum countable, uncountable
8
A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon. countable

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

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