nard

American  

[nahrd] / nɑrd /

noun

1. an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.

2. the ointment.

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nard British  

/ nɑːd /

noun

1. another name for spikenard spikenard

2. any of several plants, such as certain valerians, whose aromatic roots were formerly used in medicine

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Other Word Forms

• nardine adjective

Etymology

Origin of nard

1350–1400; Middle English narde < Latin nardus < Greek nárdos < Semitic; compare Hebrew nērd

Example Sentences

On the question of who sat where, Prince Alfonso de Borbon y Dampierre came out ahead of Dr. Christiaan Bar nard for the seat of honor at the right hand of Princess Grace of Monaco.

From Time Magazine Archive

My paper entertains with pictures of Mrs. Leo nard Kip Rhinelander, Iowa's champion grandma, mother and child hippopotami � all sandwiched in between "sillygisms" and other little quips.

From Time Magazine Archive

Say "Mr. Tabor" to any St. Ber. nard boy and he will answer mechanically, "Mr. Jenkins."

From Time Magazine Archive

Milton in Paradise Lost, v, 293, speaks of "flowering odors, cassia, nard, and balms."

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra

Only the worth of owing it; Need of the bud contents the light; Dew at dawn and nard at night, Beauty, aroma, honey at heart, Which is debtor, part for part, Heart?

From Days and Dreams Poems by Cawein, Madison J.