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cinnamon.

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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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɪnəmən/Australia, British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard/ˈsɪəmən/Canada, US/ˈsɪnəmɪn/Canada, US/ˈsɪ.mɪn/nonstandard
  1. A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.

    countable
  2. Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).

    countable · uncountable
  3. 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 a trade name for spices made of any of the species above.

    uncountable
    cinnamon toast
    cinnamon gum
  4. 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 a trade name for spices made of any of the species above. true cinnamon, the product made of Cinnamomum verum

    countable · uncountable
  5. A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.

    countable
    They instructed the upholsterer to do the sofa in cinnamon and the ottoman in umber.
Where this word comes from

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).

adj/ˈsɪnəmən/Australia, British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard/ˈsɪəmən/Canada, US/ˈsɪnəmɪn/Canada, US/ˈsɪ.mɪn/nonstandard
  1. Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.

    not-comparable
  2. Of a yellowish-brown color.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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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