nard

Nard (spikenard) was a costly Himalayan perfume. Its name probably starts in India as Sanskrit nalada and reached Greek through Semitic traders (Hebrew nērd); the Gospel's 'ointment of spikenard' carried it into Latin, Armenian, Slavonic and Arabic, and Spanish nardo also names the tuberose.

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