cinnamon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun aromatic bark used as a spice
    cinnamon bark.
  2. noun tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
    Ceylon cinnamon tree; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; Ceylon cinnamon.
  3. noun spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground

WordNet

Cin"na*mon noun
Etymology
Heb. qinnamon; cf. Gr. , , cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay kaju manis sweet wood.
Definitions
  1. 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. Cassia.

Webster 1913