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| 1. n. A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or , belonging to the family Lauraceae. |  |
| 2. n. Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon and Chinese cinnamon or cassia ( or Cinnamomum cassia). | |
| 3. n. (mostly) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species abo | |
| 4. n. true cinnamon, the product made of Cinnamomum verum | |
| 5. n. A warm yellowish-brown colour, the color of cinnamon. | |
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| 6. adj. Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste. | |
| 7. adj. Of a yellowish-brown colour. | |
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