cinnamon
Pluralcinnamons (some meanings)
Pluralcinnamons (some meanings)
- 1A sweet-smelling brown spice made from the dried bark of a tree, used in cooking and baking.
Like ginger or nutmeg, it gives food a warm, spicy taste.
She sprinkled cinnamon over the warm oatmeal.
The recipe calls for a teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
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- 2A small evergreen tree from Sri Lanka and southern India whose bark is dried to make the spice.
Like an apple tree grown for its fruit, it is grown instead for its bark.
A young cinnamon was planted near the garden wall.
Farmers strip bark from the cinnamon every few years.
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- 3A group of related trees, such as Indonesian and Chinese types, whose bark is also sold as the spice.
Like close cousins of the true cinnamon tree, these trees smell and taste similar.
Indonesian cinnamon grows well in tropical forests.
Cassia trees, a kind of Chinese cinnamon, are widely grown for their thick bark.
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- 4A warm yellow-brown color, like the spice.
Like the warm brown color of toast.
She painted the bedroom walls a soft cinnamon.
His coat was a deep cinnamon that glowed in the sun.
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- 5Made with cinnamon, or tasting of it.
She ordered a cinnamon latte to warm up.
The bakery's cinnamon buns sell out by noon.
- 6Having a warm brownish color.
The horse had a glossy cinnamon coat.
She wore a cinnamon scarf that matched the leaves.
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- 7The spice made only from the bark of the true cinnamon tree of Sri Lanka.
Ceylon cinnamon has a milder, sweeter flavor than the common kind.
She buys true cinnamon for her holiday baking.
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Origin
The word came through Old French and Latin from an Ancient Greek word, which Herodotus said came from Phoenician.