- an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- the ointment.
- another name for spikenard (def. 1), spikenard (def. 2)
- any of several plants, such as certain valerians, whose aromatic roots were formerly used in medicine
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