Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cinnamon

3 senses of cinnamon

Sense 1
cinnamon, cinnamon bark -- (aromatic bark used as a spice)
       => bark -- (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)

Sense 2
cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum -- (tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon)
       => laurel -- (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Sense 3
cinnamon -- (spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground)
       => spice -- (any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food)