The Collaborative International Dictionary
Canella \Ca*nel"la\ (k[.a]*n[e^]l"l[.a]), n. [LL. (OE. canel, canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed. Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See Cane.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order Canellace[ae], growing in the West Indies.
Note: The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon and whitewood bark.
Canella-alba \Canella-alba\ n. A large evergreen shrub or small tree ( Canella alba or Canella winterana) having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes. Its bark is called wild cinnamon.
Syn: wild cinnamon, white cinnamon tree, Canella winterana.
WordNet
n. large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes [syn: white cinnamon tree, Canella winterana, Canella-alba]
West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: bayberry, bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, Pimenta acris]
Usage examples of "wild cinnamon".
BAYBERRY is a synonym for the Wild Cinnamon or Pimenta acris of the West Indies and South America, which yields Bay Rum and oil of Bayberry.
All around there were shacks and drooping trees and a wild cinnamon smell in the air.