cinnamon

noun
🔊/ˈsɪnəmən/
🔊/ˈsɪnəmən/
[uncountable]
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  1. the inner bark of a south-east Asian tree, used in cooking as a spice, especially in sweet foods肉桂皮,桂皮香料(东南亚一种树的内层树皮,尤用于甜食调味)
    • cinnamon sticks肉桂条。
    • ground cinnamon肉桂粉
    Topics Foodc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCinnamon is used before these nouns:
    • bun
    • roll
    • sugar
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French cinnamome (from Greek kinnamōmon), and Latin cinnamon (from Greek kinnamon), both from a Semitic language and perhaps based on Malay.