1. Aromatic bark used as a spice
   "She sprinkled cinnamon on her oatmeal";
   - cinnamon bark
    
2. Tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
   "Ceylon cinnamon is considered the finest quality cinnamon"; "Ceylon Cinnamomum zeylanicum is considered the finest quality cinnamon";
   - Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum
    
3. Spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground
   "We sprinkled ground cinnamon on our cappuccinos"

Derived forms: cinnamons

Type of: bark, laurel, spice

Part of: Cinnamomum, genus Cinnamomum

Encyclopedia: Cinnamon