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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[For

spiked nard

; cf. G.

spieknarde

, NL.

spica nardi

. See

an ear, and

(Bot.)

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.

A fragrant essential oil, as that from the

Nardostachys Jatamansi

Noun.

spik'nard. [L. spica nardi.]

A plant of the genus Nardus.

The oil of balsam procured from the spikenard.