spikenard

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.

   “While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.”

2. isim The plant Nardostachys jatamansi (syn. Nardostachys grandiflora).

   “A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices”

3. isim Lavandula stoechas, another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil.
4. isim Any plant of the genus Aralia of the Araliaceae family.
5. isim False spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum, syn. Smilacina racemosa)
6. isim Ploughman's spikenard (Inula conyza, now Pentanema conyzae).
7. isim Wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum).