CEYLON CINNAMON TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ceylon cinnamon tree mean? 

• CEYLON CINNAMON TREE (noun)
  The noun CEYLON CINNAMON TREE has 1 sense:

1. tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon

  Familiarity information: CEYLON CINNAMON TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEYLON CINNAMON TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceylon cinnamon; Ceylon cinnamon tree; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; cinnamon

Hypernyms ("Ceylon cinnamon tree" is a kind of...):

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Meronyms (parts of "Ceylon cinnamon tree"):

cinnamon (spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground)

cinnamon; cinnamon bark (aromatic bark used as a spice)

Holonyms ("Ceylon cinnamon tree" is a member of...):

Cinnamomum; genus Cinnamomum (Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs)