Cinnamon sticks are rolled pieces of tree bark.

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Cinnamon sticks are rolled pieces of tree bark.

A cinnamon stick is dried inner bark from a tree in the genus Cinnamomum. Its rolled shape preserves evidence of the way the spice was harvested and processed.

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