cinnamole (sinamol)

[ -ole .] Same as cinnamene . cinnamomeous (sin-a-mō'mē-us), a . [L. cin namomum, cinnamon, + -eous.] Cinnamon-col ored: as, the cinnamomeous humming-bird. cinnamomic (sin-a-mom'ik), a. [ Cinnamomum + ic.] Same as cinnamic . Cinnamomum (sin-a-mō'mum), n. [L.: see cinnamon.] A genus of plants, natural order Lauraceæ, natives of tropical Asia and the Polynesian islands. They have ribbed evergreen leaves, and a 6-cleft calyx with 9 stamens in 3 rows; each anther has 4 cells, which open by valves inwardly except in the outer row. All the species po e an aromatic volatile oil. See cinnamon, camphor, and ca ia ligne a .