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spikenard

(n): an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
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10 months ago arby said: Wikipedia sez:

Also known as nard, nardin, and muskroot.

A flowering plant of the Valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of China, India and Nepal. Nard oil is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments.

Lavender (genus Lavandula) was also known by the ancient Greeks as naardus, nard, after the Syrian city Naarda.

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