slovo | definícia |
nard (encz) | nard, n: |
Nard (gcide) | Nard \Nard\ (n[aum]rd), n. [AS., fr. L. nardus, Gr. na`rdos; cf.
Heb. n[^e]rd, Per. nard, Scr. nalada.]
1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of
the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental
perfumery.
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2. An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See
Spikenard.
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3. (Bot.) A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value,
found in Europe and Asia.
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nard (wn) | nard
n 1: an aromatic ointment used in antiquity [syn: nard,
spikenard] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
barnard (encz) | Barnard,Barnard n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
bernard (encz) | Bernard,Bernard n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
bernardine (encz) | Bernardine,ženské křestní jméno n: [female] [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
bernardino (encz) | Bernardino,Bernardino n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
bernardo (encz) | Bernardo,Bernardo n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
brainard (encz) | Brainard,Brainard n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
canard (encz) | canard,novinářská kachna Jiří Šmoldas |
common nardoo (encz) | common nardoo, n: |
cunard (encz) | Cunard,Cunard n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
flying gurnard (encz) | flying gurnard, n: |
fragonard (encz) | Fragonard, |
gurnard (encz) | gurnard, |
innards (encz) | innards,vnitřnosti n: pl. [hovor.] PetrV |
lenard (encz) | Lenard, |
leonard (encz) | Leonard,Leonard n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
leonardesque (encz) | Leonardesque, adj: |
leonardo (encz) | Leonardo,Leonardo n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
leonardo da vinci (encz) | Leonardo da Vinci, |
maynard (encz) | Maynard,Maynard n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
monarda (encz) | monarda, n: |
most = maynard operation sequence technique (encz) | MOST = Maynard Operation Sequence Technique,systém měření práce pomocí
předem určených časů n: jose |
nard (encz) | nard, n: |
nardo (encz) | nardo, n: |
nardoo (encz) | nardoo, n: |
oxnard (encz) | Oxnard,město - Spojené státy americké n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
plains lemon monarda (encz) | plains lemon monarda, n: |
reynard (encz) | Reynard, |
saint bernard (encz) | Saint Bernard, |
spikenard (encz) | spikenard, n: |
tub gurnard (encz) | tub gurnard, n: |
yellow gurnard (encz) | yellow gurnard, n: |
barnard (czen) | Barnard,Barnardn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
bernard (czen) | Bernard,Bernardn: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
bernardino (czen) | Bernardino,Bernardinon: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
bernardo (czen) | Bernardo,Bernardon: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
brainard (czen) | Brainard,Brainardn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
cunard (czen) | Cunard,Cunardn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
leonard (czen) | Leonard,Leonardn: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
leonardo (czen) | Leonardo,Leonardon: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
maynard (czen) | Maynard,Maynardn: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Andropogon nardus (gcide) | Andropogon \An`dro*po"gon\, n. [NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man +
pw`gwn the beard.] (Bot.)
A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly
all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon
and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States.
The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including {Andropogon
sorghum} and Andropogon halepensis, from which have been
derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo
grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet.
Several East Indian species, as Andropogon nardus and
Andropogon sch[oe]nanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in
perfumery.
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Bernardine (gcide) | Bernardine \Ber"nar*dine\, a.
Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the
Cistercian monks. -- n. A Cistercian monk.
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Canard (gcide) | Canard \Ca*nard"\, n. [F., properly, a duck.]
An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated
sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the
newspapers to hoax the public.
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Flying gurnard (gcide) | Flying \Fly"ing\, a. [From Fly, v. i.]
Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
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Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
in continual alarm. --Farrow.
Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
position.
Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
Camp.
Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
supporting arch.
Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:
To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.
Flying doe (Zool.), a young female kangaroo.
Flying dragon.
(a) (Zool.) See Dragon, 6.
(b) A meteor. See under Dragon.
Flying Dutchman.
(a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
the seas till the day of judgment.
(b) A spectral ship.
Flying fish. (Zool.) See Flying fish, in the Vocabulary.
Flying fox (Zool.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary.
Flying frog (Zool.), either of two East Indian tree frogs
of the genus Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus
and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very large and broadly
webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to
make very long leaps.
Flying gurnard (Zool.), a species of gurnard of the genus
Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
fish, but not for so great a distance.
Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
Cephalacanthus volitans.
Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
jib, on the flying-jib boom.
Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.
Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
weather.
Flying lemur. (Zool.) See Colugo.
Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
the course of a projected road, canal, etc.
Flying lizard. (Zool.) See Dragon, n. 6.
Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- {Flying
mouse} (Zool.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygm[ae]us), a
marsupial of Australia. Called also feathertail glider.
Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Flying party
(Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zool.), one of several
species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and
Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral
folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar
squirrel (Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ({Belideus
ariel}), are the best known; -- called also {squirrel
petaurus} and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. --
Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil.),
the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire
of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by
means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zool.) See
Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zool.), an oceanic
squid (Ommastrephes Bartramii syn. {Sthenoteuthis
Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to
leap out of the water with such force that it often falls
on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying squirrel (Zool.) See
Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a
start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while
the vessels are under way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a
torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at
night.
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Gurnard (gcide) | Gurnard \Gur"nard\, Gurnet \Gur"net\n. [OF. gornal, gournal,
gornart, perh. akin to F. grogner to grunt; cf. Ir. guirnead
gurnard.] (Zool.)
One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla
and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed
cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The
name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins.
[Written also gournet.]
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Plyling gurnard. See under Flying.
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innards (gcide) | innards \innards\ n.
The internal organs of an animal collectively especially
those in the abdominal cavity.
Syn: viscera.
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Kaynard (gcide) | Kaynard \Kay"nard\, n. [F. cagnard.]
A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lenard rays (gcide) | Lenard rays \Le*nard" rays\n. (Physics.)
Rays emanating from the outer surface of a plate composed of
any material permeable by cathode rays, as aluminium, which
forms a portion of a wall of a vacuum tube, or which is
mounted within the tube and exposed to radiation from the
cathode. Lenard rays are similar in all their known
properties to cathode rays. So called from the German
physicist Philipp Lenard (b. 1862), who first described them.
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Lenard tube (gcide) | Lenard tube \Lenard tube\ (Elec.)
A tube for producing Lenard rays.
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monarda (gcide) | monarda \monarda\ n.
Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda.
Syn: wild bergamot.
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Monarda didyma (gcide) | Oswego tea \Os*we"go tea"\ (Bot.)
An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma), with showy,
bright red, labiate flowers.
[1913 Webster]beebalm \beebalm\, bee balm \bee balm\n.
1. a perennial herb (Monarda fistulosa) of North America.
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2. a perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America
(Monarda didyma) having variously colored tubular
flowers in dense showy heads.
Syn: bee balm, bergamot mint, oswego tea.
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3. a bushy perennial Old World mint, Melissa officinalis,
having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant
lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe
and North America.
Syn: lemon balm, garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, Melissa
officinalis.
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Monarda fistulosa (gcide) | beebalm \beebalm\, bee balm \bee balm\n.
1. a perennial herb (Monarda fistulosa) of North America.
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2. a perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America
(Monarda didyma) having variously colored tubular
flowers in dense showy heads.
Syn: bee balm, bergamot mint, oswego tea.
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3. a bushy perennial Old World mint, Melissa officinalis,
having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant
lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe
and North America.
Syn: lemon balm, garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, Melissa
officinalis.
[WordNet 1.5]Bergamot \Ber"ga*mot\ (b[~e]r"g[.a]*m[o^]t), n. [F. bergamote,
fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[=u]di
a lord's pear.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia),
having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind
of which an essential oil of delicious odor is
extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
(b) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).
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2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
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3. A variety of pear. --Johnson.
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4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
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The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot.
--Cowper.
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5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or
hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been
invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.
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Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family
(Monarda fistulosa).
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Monarda punctata (gcide) | Horsemint \Horse"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family ({Monarda
punctata}).
(b) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).
[1913 Webster]Mint \Mint\ (m[i^]nt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa,
mi`nqh.] (Bot.)
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by
distillation. See Mentha.
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Note:
Corn mint is Mentha arvensis.
Horsemint is Mentha sylvestris, and in the United States
Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in
several respects.
Mountain mint is any species of the related genus
Pycnanthemum, common in North America.
Peppermint is Mentha piperita.
Spearmint is Mentha viridis.
Water mint is Mentha aquatica.
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Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.
Mint julep. See Julep.
Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
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Nardine (gcide) | Nardine \Nard"ine\ (n[aum]rd"[i^]n), a. [L. nardinus, Gr.
na`rdinos.]
Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.
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Nardoo (gcide) | Nardoo \Nar*doo"\ (n[aum]r*d[=oo]"), n. (Bot.)
An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved
cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.
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Nardostachys Jatamansi (gcide) | Spikenard \Spike"nard\, n.[For spiked nard; cf. G. spieknarde,
NL. spica nardi. See Spike an ear, and Nard.]
1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the
Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a
medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the
Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the Himalayan
region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is
still prepared in India.
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2. A fragrant essential oil, as that from the {Nardostachys
Jatamansi}.
[1913 Webster]Musk \Musk\ (m[u^]sk), n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr.
Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See Mouse, and
cd. Abelmosk, Muscadel, Muscovy duck, Nutmeg.]
1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of
the consistency of honey, obtained from a bag being behind
the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter
taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and
enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant
antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of
various other animals, having a similar odor.
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2. (Zool.) The musk deer. See Musk deer (below).
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3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat
similar.
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4. (Bot.)
(a) The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).
(b) A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum);
-- called also musky heron's-bill.
(c) A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
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Musk beaver (Zool.), muskrat (1).
Musk beetle (Zool.), a European longicorn beetle ({Aromia
moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling that of
attar of roses.
Musk cat. See Bondar.
Musk cattle (Zool.), musk oxen. See Musk ox (below).
Musk deer (Zool.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus
moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of
Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are
developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has
scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce
is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish
below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil
and napu.
Musk duck. (Zool.)
(a) The Muscovy duck.
(b) An Australian duck (Biziura lobata).
Musk lorikeet (Zool.), the Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta
australis}) of Australia.
Musk mallow (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants:
(a) A species of mallow (Malva moschata), the foliage of
which has a faint musky smell.
(b) An Asiatic shrub. See Abelmosk.
Musk orchis (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family
(Herminium Minorchis); -- so called from its peculiar
scent.
Musk ox (Zool.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos
moschatus}), now existing only in America, but found
fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat
of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is
abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The
full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds.
Musk parakeet. (Zool.) Same as Musk lorikeet (above).
Musk pear (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling
the Seckel pear.
Musk plant (Bot.), the Mimulus moschatus, a plant found
in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a
strong musky odor.
Musk root (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong
odor, as that of the nard (Nardostachys Jatamansi) and
of a species of Angelica.
Musk rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa moschata),
having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms.
Musk seed (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family
(Hibiscus moschatus), used in perfumery and in
flavoring. See Abelmosk.
Musk sheep (Zool.), the musk ox.
Musk shrew (Zool.), a shrew (Sorex murinus), found in
India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also
sondeli, and mondjourou.
Musk thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus
nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling
strongly of musk.
Musk tortoise, Musk turtle (Zool.), a small American
fresh-water tortoise (Armochelys odorata syn. {Ozotheca
odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called
also stinkpot.
[1913 Webster]Nard \Nard\ (n[aum]rd), n. [AS., fr. L. nardus, Gr. na`rdos; cf.
Heb. n[^e]rd, Per. nard, Scr. nalada.]
1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of
the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental
perfumery.
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2. An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See
Spikenard.
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3. (Bot.) A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value,
found in Europe and Asia.
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Nardus stricta (gcide) | Mat \Mat\, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of
rushes.]
1. A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw,
hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used
for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering
the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and
for other purposes.
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2. Any similar flat object made of fabric or other material,
such as rubber or plastic, placed flat on a surface for
various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting
beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from
friction, and the like.
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3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to
resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a
mat of hair.
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4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal,
etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture;
as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
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Mat grass. (Bot.)
(a) A low, tufted, European grass (Nardus stricta).
(b) Same as Matweed.
Mat rush (Bot.), a kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris) used
in England for making mats.
[1913 Webster]Nard \Nard\ (n[aum]rd), n. [AS., fr. L. nardus, Gr. na`rdos; cf.
Heb. n[^e]rd, Per. nard, Scr. nalada.]
1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of
the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental
perfumery.
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2. An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See
Spikenard.
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3. (Bot.) A kind of grass (Nardus stricta) of little value,
found in Europe and Asia.
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