canella

American  

[kuh-nel-uh] / kəˈnɛl ə /

noun

1. the cinnamonlike bark of a West Indian tree, Canella winterana, used as a condiment and in medicine.

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canella British  

/ kəˈnɛlə /

noun

1. the fragrant cinnamon-like inner bark of a West Indian tree, Canella winterana (family Canellaceae ) used as a spice and in medicine

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Etymology

Origin of canella

1685–95; < New Latin, Medieval Latin: cinnamon, equivalent to Latin can ( na ) cane + -ella diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

It furnishes the true canella bark of commerce, also known as white-wood bark.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

Terra ista est populosa valdè, et crescunt in ea species, et abundantia gingiberis, canella, gariofoli, nuces muscata, et mastix cum aromatibus multis.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

From daybreak to dark the canella tree was seldom deserted.

From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William

Canella, kan-el′a, n. a genus of low aromatic trees, one species the whitewood of wild cinnamon of the West Indies, yielding canella or white cinnamon bark.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The cinnamon of Malabar is what we call cassia, the canella grossa of Conti, the canela brava of the Portuguese.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry