cinnamon
/ˈsɪnəmən/noun
1
- mass noun an aromatic spice made from the peeled, dried, and rolled bark of a SE Asian tree肉桂, 桂皮：
as modifier a cinnamon stick.肉桂条。
1.1
- a yellowish-brown colour resembling that of this spice肉桂色, 黄棕色。
2
- the tree which yields this spice（产桂皮的）樟属树木。
2.1
- Genus Cinnamomum, family Lauraceae: several species, in particular C. zeylanicum, native to South India and Sri Lanka.樟属, 樟科：数种, 尤指锡兰肉桂, 产于印度南部和斯里兰卡。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French cinnamome （from Greek kinnamōmon）, and Latin cinnamon （from Greek kinnamon）, both from a Semitic language and perhaps based on Malay.