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 Definitions of cinnamon  [ˈsɪn ə mən]  

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Definition of 'cinnamon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cinnamon
the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family: used, in dried and often powdered form, as a spice.

2.  cinnamon
any tree yielding such bark.

3.  cinnamon
a yellowish or reddish brown.

4. (adj.) cinnamon
(of food) flavored with cinnamon.

5.  cinnamon
reddish brown or yellowish brown.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME cinamome < MF < L cinnam(ōm)um < Gk kinná(mō)mon < Semitic (cf. Heb qinnāmōn))

Definition of 'cinnamon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cinnamon, cinnamon bark
aromatic bark used as a spice

2. (noun) cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum
tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon

3. (noun) cinnamon
spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground


Definition of 'cinnamon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) cinnamon
a brown spice


Definition of 'cinnamon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) cinnamon
the inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices

2. (noun) cinnamon
cassia


Translation of 'cinnamon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the bark of a tree of the laurel family, used as a spice.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kaneel Arabic flag Arabic: شَجَرَةُ القِرْفِه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: канела
Brazilian flag Brazilian: canela Czech flag Czech: skořice German flag German: der Zimt
Danish flag Danish: kanel Greek flag Greek: κανέλα Spanish flag Spanish: canela
Estonian flag Estonian: kaneel(ikoor) Farsi flag Farsi: دارچین Finnish flag Finnish: kaneli
French flag French: cannelle Hebrew flag Hebrew: קִינָמוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: दालचीनी
Croatian flag Croatian: cimet Hungarian flag Hungarian: fahéj Indonesian flag Indonesian: kayu manis
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kanill Italian flag Italian: cannella Japanese flag Japanese: シナモン
Korean flag Korean: 계피 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: cinamonas Latvian flag Latvian: kanēlis
Malay flag Malay: kulit kayu manis Dutch flag Dutch: kaneel Norwegian flag Norwegian: kanel
Polish flag Polish: cynamon Persian flag Persian: دارچین Pashto flag Pashto: يوډول هندي خواړه ( دال چي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: canela Romanian flag Romanian: scorţişoară Russian flag Russian: корица
Slovak flag Slovak: škorica Slovenian flag Slovenian: cimet Serbian flag Serbian: cimet
Swedish flag Swedish: kanel Thai flag Thai: ซินนามอน Turkish flag Turkish: tarçın
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 肉桂,桂皮 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кориця Urdu flag Urdu: دار چینی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quế Chinese flag Chinese: 肉桂,桂皮

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