Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Canella"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Canella \Ca*nel"la\, n. [LL. (OE. canel, canelle, cinnamon, fr.
F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed. Canella is so called
from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See {Cane}.]
(Bot.)
A genus of trees of the order {Canellace[ae]}, growing in the
West Indies.
Note: The principal species is {Canella alba}, and its bark
is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild
cinnamon and whitewood bark.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
canella
n : highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as
a condiment and a tonic [syn: {canella bark}, {white
cinnamon}]
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