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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an aromatic ointment used in antiquity [syn: nard, spikenard]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English narde, from Old English, from Latin nardus, from Greek nardos, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew n?rd nard Date: before 12th century spikenard 1b

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 any of various plants yielding an aromatic balsam used by the ancients. 2 = SPIKENARD. Etymology: ME f. L nardus f. Gk nardos f. Semitic word

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nard.

See SPIKENARD.