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CANELLA WINTERANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Canella winterana mean? 

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

1. large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CANELLA WINTERANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Canella-alba; Canella winterana; white cinnamon tree; wild cinnamon

Hypernyms ("Canella winterana" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "Canella winterana"):

canella; canella bark; white cinnamon (highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic)

Holonyms ("Canella winterana" is a member of...):

genus Canella (one species)


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