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肉桂

肉桂

Chinese

meat; flesh Cinnamonum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(肉桂)

Noun

肉桂

  1. cassia, the Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
  2. cassia bark, an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine for various ailments
  3. related members of the genus Cinnamomum, such as true cinnamon (C. verum), Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmannii), and Vietnamese cinnamon (Cinnamomum loureiroi)
  4. the bark of such trees

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō

Noun

肉桂 (hiragana にっけい, katakana ニッケイ, romaji nikkei)

  1. cinnamon

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