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Webster 1913 Edition
Nard
Nard
(närd)
, Noun.
[AS., fr. L.
nardus
, Gr. νάρδος
; cf. Heb. nêrd
, 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. Webster 1828 Edition
Nard
NARD
, n.1.
A plant usually called spikenard, spica nardi; highly valued by the ancients, both as an article of luxury and of medicine. It is an odorous or aromatic plant.2.
An unguent prepared from the plant.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
nard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)
- A flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of China, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, flatulence, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments.
- A fragrant oil formerly much prized from the plant.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark XIV:
- there cam a woman with an alablaster boxe of oyntmenr, called narde, that was pure and costly, and she brake the boxe and powred it on his heed.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark XIV:
- Spikenard
Related terms
References
- nard, in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1987.
Etymology 2
Alteration of nuts (“testicles”)
Noun
nard (plural nards)
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nârd/
Noun
nȁrd m (Cyrillic spelling на̏рд)
- nard (plant or oil)
References
- “nard” in Hrvatski jezični portal