nard, spikenard
(noun) an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)
Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
• (Nardostachys jatamansi): nardin, muskroot
nard (plural nards)
(US, 1980s, slang, usually plural) Testicles.
• (testicles): balls, nuts
• DNAR, DNRA, RAND, Rand, andr-, darn, rDNA, rand, rdna
Nard
A diminutive of the male given name Bernard.
• DNAR, DNRA, RAND, Rand, andr-, darn, rDNA, rand, rdna
Source: Wiktionary
Nard, n. Etym: [AS., fr. L. nardus, Gr. nĂŞrd, Per. nard, Scr. nalada.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.
2. An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See Spikenard.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value, found in Europe and Asia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
