Ceylon cinnamon

Ceylon cinnamon
noun
tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
Hypernyms: ↑laurel
Member Holonyms: ↑Cinnamomum, ↑genus Cinnamomum
Part Meronyms: ↑cinnamon, ↑cinnamon bark

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized 1st C
: the bark of a Ceylonese tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)

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