spikenard

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman spicanarde, from , from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin spica (“spike”) +‎ nardi (“nard”). Equivalent to spike +‎ nard.

Noun

spikenard (countable and uncountable, plural spikenards)

1. A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.
   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:

     The glories of Mary held his soul captive : spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.

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2. The plant (syn. ).
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3. , another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil.
4. Any plant of the genus Aralia of the Araliaceae family.
5. False spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum, syn. )
6. Ploughman's spikenard (, now ).
7. Wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum).

Derived terms

• American spikenard ()
• Arizona spikenard ()
• bastard spikenard (Nardus stricta)
• cretan spikenard, Cretan spikenard ()
• false spikenard ()
• Japanese spikenard ()
• ploughman's spikenard, plowman's spikenard (, now )
• small spikenard ()
• wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum)

Translations

perfumed ointment

• Finnish: nardus (fi)
• French: nard (fr) m
• Greek: νάρδος (el) m (nárdos)
• Hindi: जटामासी (hi) f (jaṭāmāsī), बालछड़ (hi) f (bālchaṛ)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: нард (ru) m (nard)
• Sanskrit: नलद (sa) m or n (nalada)

The plant Nardostachys jatamansi

• Finnish: nardus (fi)
• Greek: νάρδος (el) m (nárdos)

  Ancient: νάρδος f (nárdos)

• Hindi: जटामासी (hi) m (jaṭāmāsī), बालछड़ (hi) f (bālchaṛ)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: нард (ru) m (nard)
• Sanskrit: नलद (sa) m or n (nalada)

Lavandula stoechas

• Finnish: tupsulaventeli
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plant of the genus Aralia

• Finnish: aralia (fi)
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• Russian: ара́лия (ru) f (arálija)

Maianthemum racemosum

• Finnish: tertturotkokielo
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Inula conyza

• Finnish: piennarhirvenjuuri
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Asarum europaeum

• Finnish: taponlehti (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} nardus
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} سُنْبُل هِنْدِيّ m (sunbul hindiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 匙叶甘松 (chí yè gān sōng)

• French: ^{(please verify)} nard (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} indische Narde f; ^{(please verify)} Narde (de) f
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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} nardo (it) m
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} سنبل هندی; نارد (nārad)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} nard (sh) m
• Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} nardu m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} nardo (es) m
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} hint sümbülü

Further reading

• spikenard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “spikenard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• kidnapers, rekidnaps