canella

noun

ca·nel·la | \ kəˈnelə\

Definition of canella

1 or less commonly canela plural -s : cinnamon

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

3 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

4 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