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Spikenard   Listen
noun
Spikenard  n.  
1.
(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.
2.
A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi.






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"Spikenard" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Devil. "I have been trotting around doing pious errands so long that I 've lost all my sulphur-and-brimstone flavor, and now I smell like spikenard and myrrh." ...
— The Holy Cross and Other Tales • Eugene Field

... tremours of the heart! The splendid phantom of thy rude goddess Floats on thy seas like breath of spikenard, Charging men's souls with love ...
— Silverpoints • John Gray



Words linked to "Spikenard" :   cream, emollient, nard, American spikenard



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