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CINNAMOMUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cinnamomum mean?
• CINNAMOMUM (noun)
The noun CINNAMOMUM has 1 sense:
1. Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs
Familiarity information: CINNAMOMUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cinnamomum; genus Cinnamomum
Hypernyms ("Cinnamomum" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Cinnamomum"):
camphor tree; Cinnamomum camphora (large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor)
Ceylon cinnamon; Ceylon cinnamon tree; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; cinnamon (tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon)
cassia; cassia-bark tree; Cinnamomum cassia (Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon)
Cinnamomum loureirii; Saigon cinnamon (tropical southeast Asian tree with aromatic bark; yields a bark used medicinally)
Holonyms ("Cinnamomum" is a member of...):
family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)
Context examples
The oil extracted from the leaves of Cinnamomum zeylanicum.
(Cinnamon Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
The oils extracted from the leaves or bark of Cinnamomum verum.
(Cinnamon Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
The oil extracted from the bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum.
(Cinnamomum zeylanicum Bark Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
The oil extracted from the bark of Cinnamomum loureiroi.
(Cinnamomum loureirii Bark Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
The oil extracted from the wood of the Camphor tree Cinnamomum Camphora.
(Camphor Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
The essential oil of Cinnamomum cassia.
(Chinese Cinnamon Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
The essential oil extracted from the leaves of Cinnamomum cassia.
(Chinese Cinnamon Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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