Definition of nard

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Nard (n.) An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery..

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Valerianaceous :: Valerianaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard..
Nardine :: Nardine (a.) Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.
Nard :: Nard (n.) A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in Europe and Asia..
Swallowtail :: Swallowfish (n.) The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.
Hardhead :: Hardhead (n.) Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe.
Gaverick :: Gaverick (n.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus).
Nardoo :: Nardoo (n.) An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food..
Sea Cock :: Sea cock () A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini)..
Bernardine :: Bernardine (n.) A Cistercian monk.
Spignet :: Spignet (n.) An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.
Gurnard :: Gurnard (n.) Alt. of Gurne.
Thenardite :: Thenardite (n.) Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster..
Hospice :: Hospice (n.) A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard..
Reynard :: Reynard (n.) An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard.
Palissy :: Palissy (a.) Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry..
Nard :: Nard (n.) An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery..
Rochet :: Rochet (n.) The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard..
Tubfish :: Tubfish (n.) The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard.
-art :: -art () The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard..
Nard :: Nard (n.) An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See Spikenard.
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