CINNAMON


Meaning of CINNAMON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsi-nə-mən ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English cynamone, from Anglo-French, from Latin cinnamomum, cinnamon, from Greek kinnamōmon, kinnamon, of non-Indo-European origin; akin to Hebrew qinnāmōn cinnamon

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : any of several Asian trees (genus Cinnamomum ) of the laurel family

b. : an aromatic spice prepared from the dried inner bark of a cinnamon (especially C. zeylanicum ) ; also : the bark

2. : a light yellowish brown

• cin·na·mony -mə-nē adjective

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