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CINNAMON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

spice (any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cinnamon"):

stick cinnamon (dried rolled strips of cinnamon bark)

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

Ceylon cinnamon; Ceylon cinnamon tree; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; cinnamon (tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon

Synonyms:

Ceylon cinnamon; Ceylon cinnamon tree; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; cinnamon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Meronyms (parts of "cinnamon"):

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 ("cinnamon" is a member of...):

Cinnamomum; genus Cinnamomum (Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Aromatic bark used as a spice

Synonyms:

cinnamon; cinnamon bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Ceylon cinnamon; Ceylon cinnamon tree; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; cinnamon (tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon)

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