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CANELLA-ALBA

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Meaning:

Large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes

Synonyms:

Canella-alba; Canella winterana; white cinnamon tree; wild cinnamon

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Canella-alba" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "Canella-alba"):

canella; canella bark; white cinnamon (highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic)

Holonyms ("Canella-alba" is a member of...):

genus Canella (one species)

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