xylocinnamomum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

xylŏcinnămōmum, i, n., = ξυλοκιννάμωμον,

the wood of the cinnamonshrub , cinnamon-wood , Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 91; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7.—Also contracted, xylŏ-cinnămum , i, n., Scrib. Comp. 271.