wild cinnamon

n 1: large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic

bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers

in terminal cymes [syn: {white cinnamon tree}, {Canella

winterana}, {Canella-alba}]

2: West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: {bayberry}, {bay-rum

tree}, {Jamaica bayberry}, {Pimenta acris}]