Nard

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See spikenard.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. A fragrant oil formerly much prized from the plant.
  • n. American 1980s slang word for testicles, equivalent to balls or nuts. Example: The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.
  • n. An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See Spikenard.
  • n. A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in Europe and Asia.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant: same as spikenard. See Nardostachys.
  • n. An aromatic unguent prepared from this plant.
  • n. Same as mat-grass, 2. See also Nardus.
  • n. A European plant, Valeriana Celtica, formerly used in medicine; also, one of other species of valerian.
  • To anoint with nard.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ointment    emollient    cream   
    Variant
    spikenard   
    Form
    spikenard   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bernard    Brossard    Chard    Gerard    Gillard    Girard    Godard    Picard    Yard    ard   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    olibanum    bdellium    vetiver    camphor-wood    echinacea    patchouli    spikenard    castoreum    south-wind    civet