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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Canella \Ca*nel"la\, 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: canella n : highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic [syn: {canella bark}, {white cinnamon}]
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