CANELLA

‖Ca‐nel″la (kȧ‐nĕl″lȧ), n. [[LL. (OE. canel, canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed. Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See Cane.]] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order Canellaceæ, growing in the West Indies. ☞ The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon and whitewood bark.