Definition of canella
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capitalized
[New Latin, from Medieval Latin, cinnamon]
: a monotypic genus of trees (order Parietales) having alternate simple entire leathery gland-dotted leaves and flowers with three sepals and producing a berry
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or
canella alba
\-ˈalbə also -ˈȯ-\
or
canella bark
or less commonly
canelo
\-ˈne(ˌ)lō, -ˈā-\
[canella from New Latin canella; canella alba from New Latin Canella alba, synonym of Canella winterana; canelo from American Spanish, from Spanish, cinnamon tree, from canela cinnamon, from Medieval Latin canella]
: the highly aromatic orange-colored inner bark of a tree (Canella alba or C. winterana) used as a condiment and in medicine as a tonic — called also
white cinnamon
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or less commonly
canela
\-ˈnelə, -ˈā-\
or
canelo
[canella from New Latin canella; canela from American Spanish, from Spanish, cinnamon; canelo, from American Spanish, from Spanish, cinnamon tree]
: any of various trees of the family Lauraceae 
