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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope