Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The bitter, acrid, but somewhat aromatic inner bark of Canella Winterana, a small tree of Florida: used as a stimulant and tonic; also, the tree itself, otherwise known as wild cinnamon and whitewood.

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Examples

  • From the same regions came cinnamon-bark; ginger was a product of Arabia, India, and China; and nutmegs, cloves, and allspice grew only in the far-off Spice Islands of the Malay Archipelago.

    A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

  • Large parties were bringing down baskets of bird-cherries, cinnamon-bark, iron, pine planks, fire-wood, and potatoes.

    Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

  • Chuck Yeager rum with cinnamon-bark syrup and boasts one of the city's largest amber spirits collections.

    NYDN Rss 2012

  • McIntyre and Bayer are replacing a steam-heat process with a treatment made from cinnamon-bark oil, thyme oil, oregano oil and lemongrass oil.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Beyond is a country in which we found the cinnamon-bark.

    Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World 1812

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