A French word for cinnamon, the spice made from the bark of cinnamon trees, used in cooking and baking.
From French cannelle, derived from Old French and ultimately from Latin cannula (small tube), because cinnamon bark naturally rolls into tube-like quills when dried.
Cinnamon was once more valuable than gold in medieval Europe—Arab traders guarded its source so jealously that Europeans didn't know it came from trees until centuries later!
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