1. Large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes
   "The wild cinnamon's bark had a spicy fragrance";
   - white cinnamon tree, Canella winterana, Canella-alba
    
2. West Indian tree; source of bay rum
   "The wild cinnamon's aromatic leaves are used in traditional medicine";
   - bayberry, bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, Pimenta acris

Type of: bush, shrub, tree

Part of: genus Canella, genus Pimenta, Pimenta

Encyclopedia: Wild cinnamon