| Noun | 1. | white cinnamon - highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic Canella winterana, Canella-alba, white cinnamon tree, wild cinnamon - large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |