cinnamon

UK/ˈsɪnəmən/US/ˈsɪəmən/

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Cinnamon is the sweet brown spice from tree bark, dusted on buns and lattes. A stick of cinnamon, ground cinnamon, cinnamon rolls.

Most of what is sold as it is cassia, a related bark that is cheaper and stronger; true Ceylon cinnamon is paler and crumblier. It was worth more than gold in the ancient world, and Arab traders kept its source secret for centuries.

Definitions of cinnamon

1nouncinnamonA sweet brown spice made from tree bark.B1
“She sprinkled cinnamon on top of the hot apple pie.”
- Said"Add a little cinnamon to the apples; trust me on this."
- WrittenThe smell of cinnamon from the bakery reached the bus stop and ruined every diet on the route.
- UsedDust the top with cinnamon before it goes in the oven.
- ContrastCinnamon, not sugar. Sugar makes a thing sweet; cinnamon makes it fragrant and a little hot. sugar →
- Not thisNot every brown powder in the rack is cinnamon. Cinnamon tastes of bark and winter.
- SimplyI like cinnamon. It smells good in cake.
Patterna pinch / teaspoon / stick of cinnamon · ground cinnamon · cinnamon + noun (roll, toast, bun) · cinnamon and sugar

cinnamon is a spice.

Remember it

CINNAMON → a sweet SIN on a MONday

A sweet sin on a Monday morning: the warm brown roll that smells of cinnamon. Two n's, then one.

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Where it comes from

Greek kinnamomon comes through Latin from a Semitic source, probably Phoenician.

Ancient Greek
κιννάμωμον
Latin
cinnamon
Old French
cinnamone
Middle English
synamome
English, today
cinnamon

From Middle English synamome, from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον, later κίνναμον, according to Herodotus from phn, cognate with Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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cinnamon in the wild

In 2023, world production of cinnamon was 238,403 tonnes, led by China with 39% of the total.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon Gardens is named for the former cinnamon plantation in this area.
Cinnamon Gardens
In the year 1789, there were 289 acres of cinnamon trees in the gardens.
Cinnamon Gardens
The inner bark of the tree is historically regarded as the spice cinnamon, though this name has also been used for C. cassia (cassia) as well.
Cinnamomum verum
The cinnamon red bat (Lasiurus varius) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae.
Cinnamon red bat

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Definitions of cinnamon

1nouncinnamonA sweet brown spice made from tree bark.B1

“She sprinkled cinnamon on top of the hot apple pie.”

Said"Add a little cinnamon to the apples; trust me on this."
WrittenThe smell of cinnamon from the bakery reached the bus stop and ruined every diet on the route.
UsedDust the top with cinnamon before it goes in the oven.
ContrastCinnamon, not sugar. Sugar makes a thing sweet; cinnamon makes it fragrant and a little hot. sugar →
Not thisNot every brown powder in the rack is cinnamon. Cinnamon tastes of bark and winter.
SimplyI like cinnamon. It smells good in cake.

Patterna pinch / teaspoon / stick of cinnamon · ground cinnamon · cinnamon + noun (roll, toast, bun) · cinnamon and sugar

cinnamon is a spice.