CHINESE CINNAMON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese cinnamon mean? 

• CHINESE CINNAMON (noun)
  The noun CHINESE CINNAMON has 1 sense:

1. aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark

  Familiarity information: CHINESE CINNAMON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE CINNAMON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cassia bark; Chinese cinnamon

Hypernyms ("Chinese cinnamon" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Chinese cinnamon" is a part of...):

cassia; cassia-bark tree; Cinnamomum cassia (Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon)