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spikenard (spīk`närd), name for several plants. The biblical spikenard, or nard, was a costly aromatic ointment, preserved in alabaster boxes, whose chief ingredient is believed to have been derived from Nardostachys grandiflora (or N. jatamansi), a plant of the family Valerianaceae (valerian valerian, common name for some members of the Valerianaceae, a family chiefly of herbs and shrubs of temperate and colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere; a few species, however, are native to the Andes.
..... Click the link for more information. family). Such was the precious box of ointment that Mary Magdalen broke over Jesus' feet. The American spikenard, or Indian root, is Aralia racemosa, of the family Araliaceae (ginseng ginseng , common name for the Araliaceae, a family of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees that are often prickly and sometimes grow as climbing forms. The true ginseng (Panax ginseng
..... Click the link for more information. family). The fragrant rhizome of both of these plants is still sometimes used medicinally. The false Solomon's seal, of the family Liliaceae (lily lily, common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the earth and particularly abundant in warm temperate and tropical regions.
..... Click the link for more information. family), is sometimes called wild spikenard. Spikenards are all classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. but differ in the classes, orders, and families to which they belong.

spikenard

1. an aromatic Indian valerianaceous plant, Nardostachys jatamans, having rose-purple flowers

2. any of various similar or related plants

3. a North American araliaceous plant, Aralia racemosa, having small green flowers and an aromatic root

4. an aromatic ointment obtained from this plant

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No references found	Spikenard anointing oils- Spikenard was used by Mary of Bethany to anoint the feet of Jesus two days before his death. The Many Uses of Anointing Oils in the Bible by Clara Huset / Philosophy and religion community Nearly half of the herbs in Wise Woman Ways for the Menopausal Years are tonics, including: birch, black cohosh, blackstrap molasses, chaste tree, dandelion, dong quai, echinacea, false unicorn, ginseng, hawthorn, horsetail, lady''s mantle, motherwort, peony, sarsaparilla, spikenard, wild yam, and yellow dock. Menopausal Years - Using Herbs Simply and Safely by Susun Weed / Health, general community I have made a little woodland garden that includes medicinals such as spikenard, downy rattlesnake plantain, bloodroot, goldenseal, black cohosh, blue cohosh, and Solomon's seal. The integrated homestead: Part III: healthy plants, livestock, and ... by Ussery, Harvey / Countryside & Small Stock Journal	Spielberg Spielberg, Steven Spielhagen, Friedrich Spielhagen, Friedrich Von Spielmann spier Spier, Leslie Ephraim spiffy spigot spigot joint spigot mortar spigot-and-socket joint Spike spike antenna spike grid spike knot spike microphone spike nozzle spike oil Spike Potential spike-and-ferrule installation spike-tooth harrow spiked core spiked-and-linked chain spikelet spikenard spile spiling Spilite Spilite-Keratophyre Formation spill spill box spill light spill pit spill ring spill shield spill stream Spillane Spillane, Mickey spillikin Spillikins spilling spilling breaker spillover spillover positions Spillway spillway apron spillway channel spillway dam spillway gate spilt salt	spiked spiked spiked spiked spiked core spiked guns spiked guns spiked guns spiked guns spiked guns spiked loosestrife Spiked pepper Spiked pepper spiked rice-flower Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem Spiked willow-herb spiked-and-linked chain Spikefish spikelet spikelet spikelet spikelet Spikelet Fertility spikelets spikelets spikelets spikelike spikemoss spikemoss spikemosses spikenard spikenards spikenards spikenards spiker spiker spiker spiker spiker Spikerush Spikerush spikes spikes spikes spikes spikes spikes guns spikes guns spikes guns spikes guns spikes guns Spiketail Spikey Polygon Syndrome spikier spikiest spikily spikiness spiking spiking spiking spiking

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Spikenard anointing oils- Spikenard was used by Mary of Bethany to anoint the feet of Jesus two days before his death.

The Many Uses of Anointing Oils in the Bible by Clara Huset / Philosophy and religion community

Nearly half of the herbs in Wise Woman Ways for the Menopausal Years are tonics, including: birch, black cohosh, blackstrap molasses, chaste tree, dandelion, dong quai, echinacea, false unicorn, ginseng, hawthorn, horsetail, lady''s mantle, motherwort, peony, sarsaparilla, spikenard, wild yam, and yellow dock.

Menopausal Years - Using Herbs Simply and Safely by Susun Weed / Health, general community

I have made a little woodland garden that includes medicinals such as spikenard, downy rattlesnake plantain, bloodroot, goldenseal, black cohosh, blue cohosh, and Solomon's seal.

The integrated homestead: Part III: healthy plants, livestock, and ... by Ussery, Harvey / Countryside & Small Stock Journal

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