canella
noun
ca·nel·la
kəˈnelə
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capitalized
[New Latin, from Medieval Latin, cinnamon]
: a monotypic genus of trees (order Parietales) having alternate simple entire leathery gland-dotted leaves and flowers with three sepals and producing a berry
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or canella alba
or canella bark
or less commonly canelo
[canella from New Latin canella; canella alba from New Latin Canella alba, synonym of Canella winterana; canelo from American Spanish, from Spanish, cinnamon tree, from canela cinnamon, from Medieval Latin canella]
: the highly aromatic orange-colored inner bark of a tree (Canella alba or C. winterana) used as a condiment and in medicine as a tonic
-ˈalbə also -ˈȯ-
-ˈne(ˌ)lō,
-ˈā-
called also white cinnamon
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or less commonly canela
or canelo
[canella from New Latin canella; canela from American Spanish, from Spanish, cinnamon; canelo, from American Spanish, from Spanish, cinnamon tree]
: any of various trees of the family Lauraceae
-ˈnelə,
-ˈā-
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