cinnamon stone

2 definitions found

cinnamon stone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 Zeylanicum,
         a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately
         pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial,
         carminative, and restorative spices.
     (b) Cassia.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Cinnamon stone (Min.), a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon
        or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry.
  
     Oil of cinnamon, a colorless aromatic oil obtained from
        cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of
        cinnamic aldehyde, C6H5.C2H2.CHO.
  
     Wild cinnamon. See Canella.
        [1913 Webster]

cinnamon stone - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cinnamon stone
      n 1: a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown [syn:
           cinnamon stone, essonite, hessonite]