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CINNAMON — (Heb. קִנָּמוֹן, kinnamon; also called in the Bible keẓi ah and kiddah), a spice. Kinnamon or kinneman besem ( sweet cinnamon ) was one of the ingredients of the holy anointing oil, used for anointing the tent of meeting and its vessels as well… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Cinnamon — Cinnamon … Википедия
Cinnamon — Cin na*mon, n. [Heb. qinn[=a]m[=o]n; cf. Gr. ?, ?, cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay k[=a]j[=u] m[=a]nis sweet wood.] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of {Cinnamomum… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cinnamon — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. cinnamone (13c.), from L. cinnamum, cinnamomum cinnamon (also used as a term of endearment), from Gk. kinnamomon, from a Phoenician word akin to Heb. qinnamon. Stripped from the bark of a tree in the avocado family.… … Etymology dictionary
Cinnamon — bezeichnet: Cinnamon (Comic), den Titel einer Reihe von Westerncomics des US amerikanischen Verlags DC. Cinnamon (Band), eine schwedische Indiepop Band eine Fellfarbe bei Hauskatzen, siehe Fellfarben der Katze … Deutsch Wikipedia
cinnamon — [sin′ə mən] n. [ME cinamome < OFr < L cinnamomum < Gr kinnamōmon < Heb qinnāmōn, cinnamon] 1. the yellowish brown spice made from the dried inner bark of several trees or shrubs (genus Cinnamomum) of the laurel family, native to the… … English World dictionary
cinnamon — ► NOUN 1) an aromatic spice made from the dried and rolled bark of an Asian tree. 2) a yellowish brown colour resembling cinnamon. ORIGIN Greek kinnam mon … English terms dictionary
Cinnamon — For other uses, see Cinnamon (disambiguation). Cinnamon sticks or quills and ground cinnamon Cinnamon ( … Wikipedia
cinnamon — cinnamoned, adj. cinnamonic /sin euh mon ik/, adj. /sin euh meuhn/, n. 1. the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, esp. the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon), used… … Universalium
cinnamon — 1. noun /ˈsɪn.ə.mən,ˈsɪn.ə.mən/ a) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae. b) Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum… … Wiktionary
cinnamon — 1. The dried bark of Cinnamomum loureirii Nees (family Lauraceae), an aromatic bark used as a spice and, in medicine, as an adjuvant, carminative, and aromatic stomachic. SYN: Saigon c.. 2. The dried inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum… … Medical dictionary
