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Webster 1913 Edition
Canella
‖
Ca-nel′la
(kȧ-nĕl′lȧ)
, Noun.
[LL. (OE.
canel
, canelle
, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle
), Dim. of L. canna
a reed. Canella
is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See Cane
.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees of the order
Canellaceæ
, growing in the West Indies. ☞ The principal species is
Canella alba
, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon
and whitewood bark
.