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CANELLA-ALBA
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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 cymes
Synonyms:
Canella-alba; Canella winterana; white cinnamon tree; wild cinnamon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Canella-alba" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Meronyms (parts of "Canella-alba"):
canella; canella bark; white cinnamon (highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic)
Holonyms ("Canella-alba" is a member of...):
genus Canella (one species)
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