1 an aromatic spice from the peeled, dried, and rolled bark of a SE Asian tree.
2 any tree of the genus Cinnamomum, esp. C. zeylanicum yielding the spice.
3 yellowish-brown.
Etymology: ME f. OF cinnamome f. L cinnamomum f. Gk kinnamomon, and L cinnamon f. Gk kinnamon, f. Semitic (cf. Heb. kinnamocircn)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.