CANELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canella mean? 

• CANELLA (noun)
  The noun CANELLA has 1 sense:

1. highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic

  Familiarity information: CANELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

canella; canella bark; white cinnamon

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

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

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

Canella-alba; Canella winterana; white cinnamon tree; wild cinnamon (large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes)