| cassia cinnamon | Cinnamomum cassia Nees (family Lauraceae); the unofficial source of most of the cinnamon in the shops; the source of cinnamon oil. Synonym: Chinese cinnamon. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Ceylon cinnamon | Cinnamomum zeylanicum, an evergreen tree of the laurel family (lauraceae), and its dried inner bark used as a spice or medicinally. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Chinese cinnamon | Cinnamomum cassia Nees (family Lauraceae); the unofficial source of most of the cinnamon in the shops; the source of cinnamon oil. Synonym: Chinese cinnamon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cinnamon | Cinnamomum zeylanicum, an evergreen tree of the laurel family (lauraceae), and its dried inner bark used as a spice or medicinally. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cinnamon oil | The volatile oil distilled with steam from the leaves and twigs of Cinnamomum cassia; it contains not less than 80% by volume of the total aldehydes of cinnamon oil. Synonym: cassia oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Saigon cinnamon | Cinnamomum zeylanicum, an evergreen tree of the laurel family (lauraceae), and its dried inner bark used as a spice or medicinally. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oil of cinnamon | Volatile oil obtained by steam distillation from the leaves and twigs of Cinnamomum cassia (family Lauracea). A flavor in foods and perfumes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| angostura bark | An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). Origin: From Angostura, in Venezuela. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bark | The outermost covering of trees and some plants. This is composed of the cuticle or epidermis, the outer bark (cortex), and the inner bark or fibre. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bark beetle | <zoology> A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bark louse | <zoology> An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines. The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The bark louse of vine is Pulvinaria innumerabilis; that of the pear is Lecanium pyri. See Orange scale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bayberry bark | <botany> A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Tamarisk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| maple bark disease | <radiology> Type of extrinsic allergic alveolitis, source: moldy maple bark in saw mills, organism: Cryptostroma corticale (12 Dec 1998) |
| cassia bark | Cinnamomum zeylanicum, an evergreen tree of the laurel family (lauraceae), and its dried inner bark used as a spice or medicinally. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Peruvian bark | A genus of rubiaceous south american trees that yields the toxic cinchona alkaloids from their bark; quinine, quinidine, chinconine, cinchonidine and others are used to treat malaria and cardiac arrhythmias. (12 Dec 1998) |