Associations to the word «Nard»

Wiktionary

NARD, noun. A flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of China, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, flatulence, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments.
NARD, noun. A fragrant oil formerly much prized from the plant.
NARD, noun. Spikenard
NARD, noun. (US) (1980s) (slang) (usually plural) Testicles.

Dictionary definition

NARD, noun. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King