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spikenard
/ˈspaɪknɑː(ɹ)d/
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What does spikenard mean?
noun
- A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.
- The plant Nardostachys jatamansi (syn. Nardostachys grandiflora).
- Lavandula stoechas, another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil.
More meanings (4)
noun
- Any plant of the genus Aralia of the Araliaceae family.
- False spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum, syn. Smilacina racemosa)
- Ploughman's spikenard (Inula conyza, now Pentanema conyzae).
- Wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum).
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And some distil cloves of gilofre and of spikenard of Spain and of other spices, that be well smelling; and the liquor that goeth out thereof they clepe it balm, and they think that they have balm, and they have none.