[med.L. canella see CANEL.]
† 1. Cinnamon, or Cassia bark; = CANEL. Obs.
1693. Sir T. P. Blount, Nat. Hist., 40. Doubtless, the Shop-CINNAMON or Canella, is the true Cassia of the Ancients.
1876. Harley, Mat. Med., 719. Canella was at one time applied to cinnamon.
2. a. Bot. A genus of plants (N. O. Canellaceæ), the most important of which is the West Indian tree, C. alba, or Wild Cinnamon. b. The inner bark of this tree, also called white cinnamon; used in medicine, and in the West Indies as a condiment. Also Canella bark.
1756. P. Browne, Jamaica, 17. Large quantities of … canella or winter’s bark.
1881. Syd. Soc. Lex., Canella … the Pharmacopœial name, U. S. A., of the bark of the C. alba.
1865. Treas. Bot., Canella, furnishes a pale orange-coloured bark, with an aromatic odour, which is used as a tonic.
