— cinnamoned , adj. — cinnamonic /sin'euh mon"ik/ , adj.
/sin"euh meuhn/ , n.
1. the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, esp. the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) , used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) , used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
2. a tree yielding such bark.
3. any allied or similar tree.
4. a common culinary spice of dried rolled strips of this bark, often made into a powder.
5. cassia (def. 1).
6. a yellowish or reddish brown.
adj.
7. (of food) containing or flavored with cinnamon.
8. reddish-brown or yellowish-brown.
[ 1400-50; kínnamon qinnamon ); r. late ME cinamome cinnamomum kinnámomon ]