Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nard \Nard\, n. [AS., fr. L. nardus, Gr. ??????; cf. Heb.
n[^e]rd, Per. nard, Scr. nalada.]
1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) of
the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental
perfumery.
2. An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See
{Spikenard}.
3. (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Nardus stricta}) of little value,
found in Europe and Asia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nard
n : an aromatic ointment used in antiquity [syn: {spikenard}]
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