cinnamon-bark oil

cinnamon-bark oil
cinnamon-bark oil n a light-yellow essential oil obtained from the bark of a Sri Lankan tree of the genus Cinnamomum (C. zeylanicum) and used in medicine, flavoring, and perfumery called also cinnamon oil

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  • cinnamon-bark oil — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a light yellow essential oil obtained from the bark of Ceylon cinnamon and used in medicine, flavoring, and perfumery called also cinnamon oil …   Useful english dictionary

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  • CINNAMON — (Heb. קִנָּמוֹן, kinnamon; also called in the Bible keẓi ah and kiddah), a spice. Kinnamon or kinneman besem ( sweet cinnamon ) was one of the ingredients of the holy anointing oil, used for anointing the tent of meeting and its vessels as well… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Oil of cinnamon — Cinnamon Cin na*mon, n. [Heb. qinn[=a]m[=o]n; cf. Gr. ?, ?, cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay k[=a]j[=u] m[=a]nis sweet wood.] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cinnamon — Cin na*mon, n. [Heb. qinn[=a]m[=o]n; cf. Gr. ?, ?, cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay k[=a]j[=u] m[=a]nis sweet wood.] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of {Cinnamomum… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cinnamon stone — Cinnamon Cin na*mon, n. [Heb. qinn[=a]m[=o]n; cf. Gr. ?, ?, cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay k[=a]j[=u] m[=a]nis sweet wood.] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bark — Bark, also known as periderm, is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants such as trees. It overlays the wood and consists of three layers, the cork or phellem, the phelloderm and the cork cambium or phellogen. Products used by… …   Wikipedia

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