This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[Heb. cinnamon.] The bark of a kind of laurel tree found in Ceylon. It is aromatic, pungent, and used as a cordial. With cassia it yields the oil of cinnamon. Cinnamon is used in medicine, cooking, and conceticnery.
 
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