Definition of cinnamoma Cinnamoma

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cinnamomum - Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs
		genus Cinnamomum
		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 spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground
		cassia-bark tree, cinnamomum cassia, cassia Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon

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Cinnamomum is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs. All of them belong to the same family as the laurel, laurelaceae. The species in the genus have aromatic oils in their leaves and bark. There are over 300 species in the genus. They can be found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Oceania, Asia and Australasia.

Well-known "Cinnamomum" species include Cinnamon ("Cinnamomum verum" or "C. zeylanicum", also known as "true cinnamon" or Ceylon Cinnamon), Cassia ("C. aromaticum" or "C. cassia"), Camphor Laurel ("C. camphora"), Saigon Cinnamon ("C. loureiroi", also known as Vietnamese cinnamon, Vietnamese cassia, or Saigon cassia), Malabathrum ("C. tamala", also known as "C. tejpata"; "tejpat" or "tej pat" in Hindi; or, inaccurately, "Indian bay leaf").

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