canella
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of canella
1685–95; < New Latin, Medieval Latin: cinnamon, equivalent to Latin can ( na ) cane + -ella diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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As for taste, I had tested the aromatic berries and fruit of my canella tree, and for science' sake had proved two warningly colored insects.
From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William
Picra, pik′ra, n. a cathartic powder of aloes and canella.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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
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
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