CINNAMON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cinnamon mean? 

• CINNAMON (noun)
  The noun CINNAMON has 3 senses:

1. aromatic bark used as a spice

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

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

  Familiarity information: CINNAMON used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CINNAMON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aromatic bark used as a spice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cinnamon; cinnamon bark

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

bark (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)

Holonyms ("cinnamon" is a part of...):

Ceylon cinnamon; Ceylon cinnamon tree; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; cinnamon (tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon)

Sense 2

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 ("cinnamon" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "cinnamon"):

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 ("cinnamon" is a member of...):

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

spice (any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cinnamon"):

stick cinnamon (dried rolled strips of cinnamon bark)

Holonyms ("cinnamon" is a part of...):

Ceylon cinnamon; Ceylon cinnamon tree; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; cinnamon (tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon)

 Context examples 

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles cinnamon.

(Cinnamon Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

Cinnamon bark oil is used as a flavoring, in parfumary, and in medicinal preparations.

(Cinnamon Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

"I never seen a red wolf before. Looks almost cinnamon to me."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Cinnamon bark oil has antibacterial and antifungal properties but is an irritant to skin.

(Cinnamomum zeylanicum Bark Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Saigon cinnamon bark oil is used primarily in aromatherapy.

(Cinnamomum loureirii Bark Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Cinnamon leaf oil is used primarily in aromatherapy.

(Chinese Cinnamon Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common colors are solid red, black, blue, cinnamon and cream, but it can also come in tan, gray, or (rarely) white.

(Chow Chow, NCI Thesaurus)

“Why shrink, my honey-bird? Why so afeard, my sweet cinnamon?” exclaimed the other, a loose-jointed lanky youth with a dancing, roguish eye.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Other ingredients in green tea extract-based antioxidant supplement include dry cinnamon extract, germanium, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, arginine, cysteine, malic acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), glycyrrhizinic acid, glycine, glucosamine, pyridoxal (vitamin B6), calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), folic acid, cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12).

(Green Tea Extract-based Antioxidant Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

Cinnamon leaf oil has similar uses but is often used for its industrial applications.

(Cinnamon Oil, NCI Thesaurus)