Canella-alba

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Canella-alba \Canella-alba\ n.
     A large evergreen shrub or small tree ({Canella alba} or
     {Canella winterana}) having white aromatic bark and leathery
     leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes. Its
     bark is called {wild cinnamon}.
  


     Syn: wild cinnamon, white cinnamon tree, {Canella winterana}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Canella-alba
       n : large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic
           bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers
           in terminal cymes [syn: {wild cinnamon}, {white cinnamon
           tree}, {Canella winterana}]