Cinnamon
Pronunciation : Cin"na*mon
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Heb. qinnamon; cf. Gr. cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay kaju manis sweet wood.] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic,
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913