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    WHITE CINNAMON TREE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymesplay

    Synonyms:

    Canella-alba; Canella winterana; white cinnamon tree; wild cinnamon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("white cinnamon tree" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Meronyms (parts of "white cinnamon tree"):

    canella; canella bark; white cinnamon (highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic)

    Holonyms ("white cinnamon tree" is a member of...):

    genus Canella (one species)

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