Canella
the cinnamonlike bark of a West Indian tree, Canella winterana, used as a condiment and in medicine.
Historical Examples
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom P. L. Simmonds
Flowers and Flower-Gardens David Lester Richardson
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) Various
The American Reformed Cattle Doctor George Dadd
History of Embalming J. N. Gannal
Jungle Peace William Beebe
noun
the fragrant cinnamon-like inner bark of a West Indian tree, Canella winterana (family Canellaceae) used as a spice and in medicine
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