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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spikenard  \Spike"nard\,  n.[For  spiked  nard;  cf  G.  spieknarde 
  NL  spica  nardi.  See  {Spike}  an  ear,  and  {Nard}.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  An  aromatic  plant.  In  the  United  States  it  is  the 
  {Aralia  racemosa},  often  called  {spignet},  and  used  as  a 
  medicine.  The  spikenard  of  the  ancients  is  the 
  {Nardostachys  Jatamansi},  a  native  of  the  Himalayan 
  region.  From  its  blackish  roots  a  perfume  for  the  hair  is 
  still  prepared  in  India. 
 
  2.  A  fragrant  essential  oil,  as  that  from  the  {Nardostachys 
  Jatamansi}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spikenard 
  n  :  an  aromatic  ointment  used  in  antiquity  [syn:  {nard}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Spikenard 
  (Heb.  nerd),  a  much-valued  perfume  (Cant.  1:12;  4:13,  14).  It 
  was  "very  precious",  i.e.,  very  costly  (Mark  14:3;  John  12:3,5). 
  It  is  the  root  of  an  Indian  plant,  the  Nardostachys  jatamansi 
  of  the  family  of  Valeriance  growing  on  the  Himalaya  mountains. 
  It  is  distinguished  by  its  having  many  hairy  spikes  shooting  out 
  from  one  root.  It  is  called  by  the  Arabs  sunbul  Hindi,  "the 
  Indian  spike."  In  the  New  Testament  this  word  is  the  rendering 
  of  the  Greek  nardos  pistike  The  margin  of  the  Revised  Version 
  in  these  passages  has  "pistic  nard,"  pistic  being  perhaps  a 
  local  name  Some  take  it  to  mean  genuine,  and  others  liquid.  The 
  most  probable  opinion  is  that  the  word  pistike  designates  the 
  nard  as  genuine  or  faithfully  prepared. 
 




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