Nard
Origin 1
From Middle English narde, from Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek νάÏδος, from Phoenician, from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, "Indian narde").
Full definition of nard
Noun
nard
(countable and uncountable; plural nards)- A flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of China, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, flatulence, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments.
- A fragrant oil formerly much prized from the plant.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark XIV:there cam a woman with an alablaster boxe of oyntmenr, called narde, that was pure and costly, and she brake the boxe and powred it on his heed.
- Spikenard
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Origin 2
Alteration of nuts ("testicles")