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n. An aromatic perennial herb (Nardostachys jatamansi) of the Himalaya Mountains, having rose-purple flowers. Also called nard.

n. An ointment of antiquity, probably prepared from this aromatic plant.

n. A North American plant (Aralia racemosa) having small greenish flowers, aromatic roots, and bipinnately compound leaves.

n. A perfumed ointment.

n. The plant, Nardostachys jatamans, from which the ointment comes.

n. 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.

n. A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi.

n. A plant, the source of a famous perfumed unguent of the ancients, now believed to be Nardostachys Jatamansi, closely allied to valerian, found in the Himalayan region.

n. An aromatic ointment of ancient times, in which spikenard was the characteristic ingredient; nard. It was extremely costly.

n. A name given to various fragrant essential oils.

n. an aromatic ointment used in antiquity

"The spikenard is a lowly herb, the emblem of humility."

ointment    emollient    cream   

small spikenard    plowman's spikenard    false spikenard    american spikenard    indian spikenard    west indian spikenard    celtic spikenard    cretan spikenard   

nard   

spignet   

lavendar    frankincense    sandalwood    galingale    cardamom    cassia    nard    anise    allspice    civet