canella alba

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canella alba - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

  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 1.5]