wild cinnamon

1. 1.

   large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes

   Synonymswhite cinnamon treeCanella winteranaCanella-alba

   Broadershrub

   Part ofgenus Canella

   Partscanella
2. 2.

   West Indian tree; source of bay rum

   Synonymsbayberrybay-rum treeJamaica bayberryPimenta acris

   Broadertree

   Part ofPimenta

Questions about wild cinnamon

What does wild cinnamon mean?

wild cinnamon means "large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wild cinnamon?

Close synonyms include white cinnamon tree, Canella winterana, Canella-alba, bayberry, bay-rum tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wild cinnamon a common word?

wild cinnamon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.