资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Canella \Ca*nel"la\, n. [LL. (OE. canel, canelle, cinnamon, fr.
   F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed. Canella is so called
   from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See {Cane}.]
   (Bot.)
   A genus of trees of the order {Canellace[ae]}, 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.