'Canella alba' definitions:
Definition of 'Canella alba'
From: GCIDE
- Canella \Ca*nel"la\ (k[.a]*n[e^]l"l[.a]), n. [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 Canellace[ae], growing in the West Indies. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of {wild cinnamon} and whitewood bark. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Canella alba'
From: GCIDE
- Canella-alba \Canella-alba\ n. A large evergreen shrub or small tree (Canella alba or Canella winterana) having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes. Its bark is called wild cinnamon.
- Syn: wild cinnamon, white cinnamon tree, Canella winterana. [WordNet 1.5]