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means A complex North African spice blend — often a dozen or more spices including cardamom, cumin, cinnamon, and dried flowers — that varies from shop to shop because there's no fixed recipe, only a merchant's judgment.

from From Arabic ra's al-hanut, literally 'head of the shop' — ra's meaning 'head' or 'top' and hanut meaning 'shop' or 'stall.' The phrase pointed to the best, choicest goods a spice merchant had on hand, the ones worth putting at the top of the stock. Because each seller blended their own version from whatever prime spices they kept, the name became less a recipe than a boast — every jar of ras el hanout is really just one shopkeeper's idea of their finest offering.