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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 cymes
Familiarity information: CANELLA WINTERANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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