cinnamon

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At present Brazil supplies two-thirds of all the rubber used Then we have all the various spices--cinnamon, which is the bark on the twigs of the cinnamon-tree; pepper, carried into Europe by Alexander; ginger, and cardamoms.

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  1. noun The dried aromatic inner bark of certain tropical Asian trees in the genus Cinnamomum, especially C. verum and C. loureirii, often ground and used as a spice.
  2. noun A plant yielding this bark.
  3. noun A light reddish brown.
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  • Warm fall spices such as cinnamon, star anise, cloves and allspice also go well with gold rum.
  • If you light a match to it, does it smell like a cinnamon-sprinkled tire fire? —  Daily Kos
  • They also said a line in one of the ads -- "Apple Jacks doesn't taste like apples because the sweet taste of cinnamon is the winner, mon" -- was inappropriate and disparaged the taste of real apples. —  Adland
  • In goes a shake of cinnamon, a glug of inky molasses, a spoonful of rusty cayenne, a shower of minced jalapeño and the rat-tat-tat of frozen corn hitting hot liquid. —  The Wednesday Chef
  • Perhaps a customer likes our mint, cinnamon, and fruit gums. —  GetAFreelancer.com New Projects
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  1. Middle English cinamome, from Old French, from Latin cinnamōmum, from Greek kinnamōmon, probably of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew qinnāmôn.

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  1. Early modern English also cinamon, dial. sinament, etc.; from Middle English cinamome, cynamum, synamon, etc., = Old French cinamome = Provencal cinamomi = Spanish Portuguese cinamomo = Italian cinnamomo = Old High German sinamin, Middle High German zinemin, zinment, German zimmet, from Latin cinnamomum, also cinnamum and cinnamon, Middle Latin also cinamonium, from Greek κιννάμωμον, also κινάμωμον and κίναμον, from Hebrew qinnāmōn, cinnamon, prob. connected with qāneh, a reed, a cane; so cannel, cinnamon, ult. from Middle Latin canella, cannella, diminutive of cana, canna, cane: see cane.
 

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