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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nard \Nard\, n. [AS., fr L. nardus Gr ??????; cf Heb.
n[^e]rd, Per. nard, Scr. nalada.]
1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) of
the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental
perfumery.
2. An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See
{Spikenard}.
3. (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Nardus stricta}) of little value,
found in Europe and Asia.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nard
n : an aromatic ointment used in antiquity [syn: {spikenard}]
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