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CEYLON CINNAMON TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ceylon cinnamon tree mean?
• CEYLON CINNAMON TREE (noun)
The noun CEYLON CINNAMON TREE has 1 sense:
1. tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
Familiarity information: CEYLON CINNAMON TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Ceylon cinnamon tree" is a kind of...):
laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)
Meronyms (parts of "Ceylon cinnamon tree"):
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 ("Ceylon cinnamon tree" is a member of...):
Cinnamomum; genus Cinnamomum (Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs)
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