[3] The American Heritage Dictionary (Second College Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, Publishers [1991]), describes spikenard as: "1. An aromatic plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of India, having rose-purple flowers. 2. A costly ointment of antiquity, probably prepared from the spikenard."
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Latin unguentum, ointment. In antiquity, when anointing was a practice of the toilet, it played a great part in medicine, and natu- rally in sorcery. ...
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ointment mean? ... • OINTMENT (noun); The noun OINTMENT has 2 senses: ... nard; spikenard (an aromatic ointment used in antiquity)
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NARD is an aromatic ointment from antiquity and also a plant that's a [Source of a fragrant oil]. ALGID means [Chilly] or cold, and it's from the Latin. I say we all start using "algid" to mean "cool"—who's with me?
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The land helix, or snail, has been used in medicine since antiquity and prepared according to several formulations. ... Snail ointment is only for external use to treat chapping and efflorescence of a sore.
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; Varieties that produce well west of the Cascades ... Would you like to have a flowering plum tree that has decorative reddish purple leaves and then bears delicious purple plums? ... METHLEY Medium to large, reddish purple fruit. Juicy flesh with a sweet, mild, distinctive flavor. Fine quality. Good for fresh eating or...
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