Spikenard

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Full definition of spikenard

Noun

1. A perfumed ointment.
• 1916, w, w:Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The glories of Mary held his soul captive : spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.
• Authorized Version|Song of Solomon|1|12:While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
2. The plant, , from which the ointment comes.
• Authorized Version|Song of Solomon|4|12-14: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. Nard, , another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil.
4. All plants of Aralia, which is a genus of Araliaceae family;
5. False spikenard, or wild spikenard, plant species from the genus
6. Ploughman's-spikenard, .
7. Wild spikenard,

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