Cinnamon vs Stacte - 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.
One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in preparing incense; possibly an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax.
:And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte , and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight. Exodus 30:34, Douay-Rheims-Challoner translation
(Webster 1913)
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