[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cinnamon \cin"namon\, n. heb. qinn=am=on; cf. gr. ?, ?,
   cinnamomum, cinnamon. the heb. word itself seems to have been
   borrowed from some other language; cf. malay k=aj=u
   m=anis sweet wood.
   a 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.
   b cassia.
       1913 webster

   cinnamon stone min., a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon
      or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry.

   oil of cinnamon, a colorless aromatic oil obtained from
      cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of
      cinnamic aldehyde, c6h5.c2h2.cho.

   wild cinnamon. see canella.
      1913 webster
see also:
cinnamomum zeylanicum cinnamon stone oil of cinnamon c6h5.c2h2.cho wild cinnamon canella 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cinnamon
     n 1: aromatic bark used as a spice syn: cinnamon bark
     2: tropical asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark;
        source of the spice cinnamon syn: ceylon cinnamon, ceylon
        cinnamon tree, cinnamomum zeylanicum
     3: spice from the dried aromatic bark of the ceylon cinnamon
        tree; used as rolled strips or ground
see also:
cinnamon bark ceylon cinnamon ceylon cinnamon tree cinnamomum zeylanicum 

[3] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

cinnamon
   heb. kinamon, the cinnamomum zeylanicum of botanists, a tree of
   the laurel family, which grows only in india on the malabar
   coast, in ceylon, and china. there is no trace of it in egypt,
   and it was unknown in syria. the inner rind when dried and
   rolled into cylinders forms the cinnamon of commerce. the fruit
   and coarser pieces of bark when boiled yield a fragrant oil. it
   was one of the principal ingredients in the holy anointing oil
   ex. 30:23. it is mentioned elsewhere only in prov. 7:17; cant.
   4:14; rev. 18:13. the mention of it indicates a very early and
   extensive commerce carried on between palestine and the east.
   

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