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Canella  n.  (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies. Note: The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon and whitewood bark.





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... como se dissessem lingua ou gente dos Chijo de Galle"—DE BARROS, Asia, &c., Dec. iii. lib. ii. c. i. DE COUTO'S account is as follows: "E como os Chins formam os primeiros que navegaram pelo Oriente, tendo noticia da canella, acudiram muitos 'juncos' aquella Ilha a carregar della, e dalli a levaram aos portos de Persia, e da Arabia donde passou a Europa—de que se deixaram ficar muitos Chins na terra, e se misturaram por casamentos com os naturaes; ...
— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent
 
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