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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Spikenard :: Spikenard (n.) A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi..
Canard :: Canard (n.) An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.
Rochet :: Rochet (n.) The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard..
Gaverick :: Gaverick (n.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus).
Volador :: Volador (n.) The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying.
Batfish :: Batfish (n.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus..
Rotchet :: Rotchet (n.) The European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
Bernardine :: Bernardine (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks..
-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.) A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in Europe and Asia..
Dactylopterous :: Dactylopterous (a.) Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards..
Tubfish :: Tubfish (n.) The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard.
Gurnard :: Gurnard (n.) Alt. of Gurne.
Nowd :: Nowd (n.) The European gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).
Soldier :: Soldier (n.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini..
Spignet :: Spignet (n.) An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.
Bernardine :: Bernardine (n.) A Cistercian monk.
Sea Cock :: Sea cock () A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini)..
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..
Renardine :: Renardine (a.) Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned..
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