Cinnamon vs Gluhwein - What's the difference?
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(countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or , belonging to the family Lauraceae.
Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon ( or Cinnamomum cassia ).
(uncountable) 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. The product made of Cinnamomum verum is sometimes referred to as (true cinnamon).
(countable) A yellowish-brown colour, the color of cinnamon .
Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
Of a yellowish-brown colour.
A type of mulled wine from German-speaking countries made from red wine with cinnamon and other herbs and spices.
*1929 , (Ernest Hemingway), A Farewell to Arms , Folio Society 2008, p. 284:
*:we sat inside warmed by the stove and drank hot red wine with spices and lemon in it. They called it glühwein and it was a good thing to warm you and to celebrate with.