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SAIGON CINNAMON

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Meaning:

Tropical southeast Asian tree with aromatic bark; yields a bark used medicinally

Synonyms:

Cinnamomum loureirii; Saigon cinnamon

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Saigon cinnamon" is a kind of...):

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Meronyms (parts of "Saigon cinnamon"):

cinnamon bark (aromatic bark of Saigon cinnamon used medicinally as a carminative)

Holonyms ("Saigon cinnamon" is a member of...):

Cinnamomum; genus Cinnamomum (Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs)

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