Spikenard

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An aromatic perennial herb (Nardostachys grandiflora) of the Himalaya Mountains, having rose-purple flowers. noun

An ointment of antiquity, probably prepared from this plant. noun

Any of several plants of the genus Aralia, especially the North American species A. racemosa, having small greenish flowers, aromatic roots, and bipinnately compound leaves. noun

A plant, the source of a famous perfumed unguent of the ancients, now believed to be Nardostachys Jatamansi, closely allied to valerian, found in the Himalayan region. noun

An aromatic ointment of ancient times, in which spikenard was the characteristic ingredient; nard. It was extremely costly. noun

A name given to various fragrant essential oils. noun

An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India. noun

A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi. noun

A perfumed ointment. noun

The plant, Nardostachys jatamans, from which the ointment comes. noun

An aromatic ointment used in antiquity 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.

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).

The word is in Mark 14:3 as an ointment = 3 ¶ And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. Urban Dictionary

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Words that are spelled similarly to spikenard:
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