CANCELLA ALBA
\kant͡ʃˈɛləɹ ˈalbə], \kantʃˈɛləɹ ˈalbə], \k_a_n_tʃ_ˈɛ_l_ə_ɹ ˈa_l_b_ə]\
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Winterana c, white wood, wild cinnamon tree. The bark contains a bitter principle, a volatile oil, and a resin, and is used as a tonic and stimulant, chiefly as an adjuvant to stomachic tonics and to purgatives.
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C. laurifolia
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The bark of C. alba.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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