cinnamon vs yew

cinnamon

noun
  • A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae. 

  • true cinnamon, the product made of Cinnamomum verum 

  • A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon. 

  • Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia). 

  • A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above. 

adj
  • Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste. 

  • Of a yellowish-brown color. 

yew

noun
  • in family Podocarpaceae 

  • A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. 

  • Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus. 

  • in family Cephalotaxaceae 

  • The wood of the such trees. 

  • A bow for archery, made of yew wood. 

adj
  • Made from the wood of the yew tree. 

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