Definition of Genus Cinnamomum

1. Noun. Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cinnamomum

genus Chrysophyllum
genus Chrysopsis
genus Chrysosplenium
genus Chrysothamnus
genus Chunga
genus Cibotium
genus Cicada
genus Cicer
genus Cichorium
genus Ciconia
genus Cicuta
genus Cimex
genus Cimicifuga
genus Cinchona
genus Cinclus
genus Cinnamomum (current term)
genus Circaea
genus Circaetus
genus Circus
genus Cirsium
genus Cistothorus
genus Cistus
genus Citellus
genus Citharichthys
genus Citroncirus
genus Citrullus
genus Citrus
genus Cladonia
genus Cladorhyncus
genus Cladrastis

Literary usage of Genus Cinnamomum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1905)
"... lens L. Cinnamon is the dried bark of any species of the genus cinnamomum, from which the outer layers may or may not have been removed. ..."

2. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"The genus Cinnamomum includes a number of economically important trees such as the Camphor tree from Japan and China and the Cinnamon tree from China and ..."

3. Contributions to the Paleobotany of Peru, Bolivia and Chile: Five Papers by Edward Wilber Berry (1922)
"... invariably refer to the allied genus Cinnamomum, which in the existing flora is confined to the Old ..."

4. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"10. Celery seed is the dried fruit of Apium graveolens L. 11. Cinnamon is the dried bark of any species of the genus Cinnamomum from which the outer layers ..."

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