the inner bark of a south-east Asian tree, used in cooking as a spice, especially in sweet foods 肉桂皮,桂皮香料(东南亚一种树的内层树皮,尤用于甜食调味) cinnamon sticks 肉桂条。 ground cinnamon 肉桂粉
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCinnamon is used before these nouns:- bun
- roll
- sugar
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French cinnamome (from Greek kinnamōmon), and Latin cinnamon (from Greek kinnamon), both from a Semitic language and perhaps based on Malay.