Resembling cinnamon in smell, taste, color, or appearance; having qualities similar to cinnamon.
From cinnamon + like (Old English gelic meaning 'similar to'). A straightforward compound showing how English builds descriptive words by adding -like to nouns.
Plants like cassia and saigon cinnamon are described as 'cinnamonlike' because they're not true cinnamon but smell and taste similar enough that most people can't tell the difference—the spice cabinet's ultimate imposters.
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