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Cinnamomum

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Noun1.CinnamomumCinnamomum - Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs
magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
family Lauraceae, Lauraceae, laurel family - a family of Lauraceae
camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora - large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor
Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, cinnamon - tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia, cassia - Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
Cinnamomum loureirii, Saigon cinnamon - tropical southeast Asian tree with aromatic bark; yields a bark used medicinally

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Sicut cinnamomum et balsamum aromatizans odorem dedi,
Its botanical name, Cinnamomum camphora, speaks the truth about its family connections; it is a relative of the same tropical cinnamon used in breakfast pastries, and its crushed leaves do emit a scent of camphor.
 
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