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Cinnamomum Zeylanicum
Cinnamon Cin"na*mon, n. [Heb. qinn[=a]m[=o]n; cf. Gr. ?, ?, cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay k[=a]j[=u] m[=a]nis sweet wood.] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices. (b) Cassia. Cinnamon stone (Min.), a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry. Oil of cinnamon, a colorless aromatic oil obtained from cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of cinnamic aldehyde, C6H5.C2H2.CHO. Wild cinnamon. See Canella.
Sanseviera Zeylanica
Bowstring Bow"string`, n. 1. The string of a bow. 2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Bowstring bridge, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch. Bowstring girder, an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends. Bowstring hemp (Bot.), the tenacious fiber of the Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made. --Balfour.
Zeylanite
Zeylanite ey"lan*ite, n. (Min.) See Ceylanite.

Meaning of Zeylan from wikipedia

- Dutch Ceylon (Sinhala: ලන්දේසි ලංකාව; Tamil: ஒல்லாந்த இலங்கை) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although...
- offensives at Patnos and Çaldıran, would be named the Zeylan Rebellion (Zeylân İsyanı or Zeylân Ayaklanması) by the Turkish authority. According to Salih's...
- The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as...
- Zeylan (Persian: زلان), also Romanized as Zeylān; also known as Zalān, is a village in, and the capital of, Bazan Rural District of the Central District...
- abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM · MathSciNet ISO 4 Epigr. Zeylan. Indexing CODEN · JSTOR · LCCN MIAR · NLM · Scopus OCLC no. 499641639...
- were adopted as Ceilão in Portuguese (from 1505), and later as Zeilan or Zeylan in Dutch, and Ceylon in English. After independence in 1948, the name Ceylon...
- Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1713–1718) ZeylanHendrik Bekker, Governor of Zeylan (1707–1716) Isaak Augustyn Rumpf, Governor of Zeylan (1716–1723)...
- Dutch East IndiesChristoffel van Swoll, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1713–1718) ZeylanHendrik Bekker, Governor of Zeylan (1707–1716)...
- Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1713–1718) ZeylanHendrik Bekker, Governor of Zeylan (1707–1716) Angola – João Manuel de Noronha, Governor...
- Joan Maetsuycker (14 October 1606 – 24 January 1678) was the Governor of Zeylan during the Dutch period in Ceylon, and Governor-General of the Dutch East...