Definition of "cinnamon" []

• The dried aromatic inner bark of certain tropical Asian trees in the genus Cinnamomum, especially C. verum and C. loureirii, often ground and used as a spice. (noun)
• A plant yielding this bark. (noun)
• A light reddish brown. (noun)
• Of a light reddish brown. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Here is an important point of differentiation: this smells like actual cinnamon, not the “cinnamon apple” light and sugary scent we have been conditioned to believe is the smell of cinnamon."
• "Beef, even though disguised in cinnamon, is welcome after a long and fatiguing course of veal-cutlet; the salmon-trout of Alleghe is excellent; the bread, the wild strawberries, the rich mountain cream are all quite delicious; and even vegetables are not wholly unknown."
• "(The English word cinnamon comes from the Hebrew quinnamon.)"