Meaning

noun aromatic bark used as a spice

noun tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon

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

originFrom 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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