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Cinnamon ( ) is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus ''Cinnamomum'' that is used in both sweet and savoury foods. While ''Cinnamomum verum'' is sometimes considered to be "true cinnamon", most cinnamon in international commerce is derived from related species, which are also referred to as "cassia" to distinguish them from "true cinnamon".〔"Cassia, also known as cinnamon or Chinese cinnamon is a tree that has bark similar to that of cinnamon but with a rather pungent odour," 〕 Cinnamon is the name for perhaps a dozen species of trees and the commercial spice products that some of them produce. All are members of the genus ''Cinnamomum'' in the family Lauraceae. Only a few of them are grown commercially for spice. == Name == The English word ''cinnamon'' and "cassia", attested in English since the 15th century, derives from the Greek κιννάμωμον ''kinnámōmon'' (later ''kínnamon''), via Latin and medieval French intermediate forms. The Greek in turn was borrowed from a Phoenician word, which would have been akin to the related Hebrew ''qinnamon''.〔; also .〕 The name of ''cassia'', first recorded in English around 1000 AD, was borrowed via Latin and ultimately derives from Hebrew ''q'tsīʿāh'', a form of the verb ''qātsaʿ'' 'strip off bark'.〔; also .〕 Early Modern English also used the name ''canel'' or ''canella'', akin to the current names of cinnamon in several other European languages, which are derived from the Latin word ''cannella'', a diminutive of ''canna'', 'tube', from the way it curls up as it dries.〔.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「cinnamon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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