[mass noun]an aromatic spice made from the peeled, dried, and rolled bark of a SE Asian tree 肉桂,桂皮 [as modifier]a cinnamon stick. 肉桂条。 ■a yellowish-brown colour resembling that of this spice 肉桂色,黄棕色
the tree which yields this spice (产桂皮的)樟属树木
语源
late Middle English: from Old French cinnamome (from Greek kinnamōmon), and Latin cinnamon (from Greek kinnamon), both from a Semitic language and perhaps based on Malay