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Indian nard

Indian nard noun: spikenard.

Noun

Indian nard (countable and uncountable, plural Indian nards)

  1. spikenard
    • Marcus Empiricus, a Roma physician, prescribed three scruples of cress, three of red onion, three of pine seed, three of Indian nard, for impotence.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 70

Forms of Indian nard

pluralIndian nards

Questions about Indian nard

What does Indian nard mean?
Indian nard means spikenard.
What part of speech is Indian nard?
Indian nard is a noun.
What is the plural of Indian nard?
The plural of Indian nard is Indian nards.

Words near Indian nard in the dictionary

  1. Indian mulberries
  2. Indian mulberry
  3. Indian mustard
  4. Indian myna
  5. Indian mynas
  6. Indian nard
  7. Indian nards
  8. Indian nightjar
  9. Indian nightjars
  10. Indian Ocean
  11. Indian Ocean humpback dolphin

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