Definition of Canella-alba

1. Noun. Large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes.

Exact synonyms: Canella Winterana, White Cinnamon Tree, Wild Cinnamon
Group relationships: Genus Canella
Terms within: Canella, Canella Bark, White Cinnamon
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canella-alba

Cancers
Cancridae
Cancun
Candace
Candi
Candice
Candida
Candida albicans producing proteinase
Candide
Candlemas
Candlemas Day
Candlemases
Candomblé
Candy
Canella-alba
Canella winterana
Canellaceae
Canes Venatici
Canetti
Canfield
Cangjie
Canicula
Canidae
Canis
Canis Major
Canis Minor
Canis aureus
Canis dingo
Canis familiaris

Literary usage of Canella-alba

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

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1844)
"... again strain the cider through horse-hair bags sprinkled with charcoal, which methods are sometimes effectual. ON THE CONSTITUENTS OF CANELLA ALBA. ..."

2. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1879)
"Botanical Origin—Canella alba, Murray,1 a tree, 20 to 30 or even 50 feet in height, found in the south of Florida, the Bahama Islands (whence alone its bark ..."

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