canella

noun

ca·​nel·​la

kəˈnelə

1

or less commonly canela plural -s : cinnamon

2

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

3

or canella alba

-ˈalbə also -ˈȯ-

or canella bark or less commonly canelo

-ˈne(ˌ)lō,

-ˈā-

[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

called also white cinnamon

4

or less commonly canela

-ˈnelə,

-ˈā-

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

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin, diminutive of Latin canna reed; from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark

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