ca·nel·la
| \ kəˈnelə \
Definition of canella
2
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
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