in botany. See Laurus.
Cinnamon-water is made by distilling the bark first infused in spirit of wine, brandy, or white-wine.
Clove-Cinnamon is the bark of a tree growing in Brazil, which is often substituted for real cloves.
White Cinnamon, called also Winter's bark, is the bark of a tree frequent in the islands of St Domingo, Guadalupe, &c., of a sharp biting taste like pepper. Some use it instead of nutmeg; and in medicinae it is esteemed a stomachic and antiscorbutic.