canella

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ca=nel=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

canella, 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.].

 A genus of trees of the order Canellaceæ, growing in the West Indies.  [1913 Webster]
" 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]