spikenard
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- noun
- /ˈspaɪkˌnɑrd/
- Archaic
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espikenardo
- I've been thinking of replacing them with American Spikenard (Aralia racemosa).
- American spikenard
There's also the power of the what's called the spikenard, right, this ring.
- There's also the power of the what's called the spikenard, right, this ring.
Examples
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During the ceremony, the priest poured spikenard onto the altar as an offering.
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I like the idea of the spikenard and serviceberry, and I love those ostrich ferns.
Blog text (6) -
"You smell of spikenards."
Fiction book (1997) -
Out there grow the wild lilies as well, whose intense fragrance, heavy and opaque like the scent of spikenard, cuts through the dry, vitreous smell of the sand.
Fiction book (1995) -
The ancient Egyptians used spikenard in their embalming rituals for its fragrant properties.
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She chose spikenard oil to enhance her homemade perfume because of its rich scent.
Synonyms
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A fragrant oil used as perfume and medicine in ancient times
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A sticky fragrant gum from some trees used for medicine and perfumes
A sticky tree resin used to protect skin and scent perfumes
A soft, sticky dark sap from Mediterranean shrubs used in perfumes to make the scent last
An oil that has a strong lavender smell and scents soaps and cosmetics
A pale yellow oil from spike lavender used to scent soap and beauty products
Compounds
A tall North American plant with strong-smelling roots and clusters of small greenish flowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spikenard comes from spike + nard, where spike points to the plant's long flower and nard was an old name for a plant from India known for its 'sweet smell'. So spikenard means the sweet-smelling oil or ointment made from that plant, which is why it was a precious perfume in ancient ceremonies.