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cinnamon definition

cin·na·mon (sin′ə mən)

noun

  1. the yellowish-brown spice made from the dried inner bark of several trees or shrubs (genus Cinnamomum) of the laurel family, native to the East Indies and Southeast Asia
  2. this bark
  3. any tree or shrub from which this bark is obtained
  4. yellowish brown

Etymology: ME cinamome < OFr < L cinnamomum < Gr kinnamōmon < Heb qinnāmōn, cinnamon

adjective

  1. yellowish-brown
  2. made or flavored with cinnamon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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