WILD CINNAMON
Dictionary entry overview: What does wild cinnamon mean?
• WILD CINNAMON (noun)
The noun WILD CINNAMON has 2 senses:
1. large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes
2. West Indian tree; source of bay rum
Familiarity information: WILD CINNAMON used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WILD CINNAMON (noun)
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 winterana; Canella-alba; white cinnamon tree; wild cinnamon
Hypernyms ("wild cinnamon" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Meronyms (parts of "wild cinnamon"):
canella; canella bark; white cinnamon (highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic)
Holonyms ("wild cinnamon" is a member of...):
genus Canella (one species)
Meaning:
West Indian tree; source of bay rum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bay-rum tree; bayberry; Jamaica bayberry; Pimenta acris; wild cinnamon
Hypernyms ("wild cinnamon" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("wild cinnamon" is a member of...):
genus Pimenta; Pimenta (allspice tree)
