·noun Cassia.
II. Cinnamon ·noun The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.
Heb. kinamon, the Cinnamomum zeylanicum of botanists, a tree of the Laurel family, which grows only ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
a well-known aromatic substance, the rind of the Laurus cinnamomum, called Korunda-gauhah in Ceylon....
William Smith's Bible Dictionary