Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The supposed spikenard of the ancients, Nardostachys Jatamansi.
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Examples
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Spikenard Nardostachys grandiflora or Nardostachys jatamansi is not often found in modern Western perfumes, as it is a quintessentially Eastern essence.
DSH Perfumes Part Four: Roses and Resins Marina Geigert 2009
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Spikenard Nardostachys grandiflora or Nardostachys jatamansi is not often found in modern Western perfumes, as it is a quintessentially Eastern essence.
Archive 2009-02-01 Marina Geigert 2009
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I do not know what jatamansi is supposed to smell like, what I smell is a cross between thyme, sage and perhaps even cardamom.
Archive 2007-04-01 Marina Geigert 2007
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It is the root of an Indian plant, the Nardostachys jatamansi, of the family of Valeriance, growing on the Himalaya mountains.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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As far as we are able to learn, all the perfumes used by the Egyptians and Persians during the early period of the world were _dry_ perfumes, consisting of spikenard (_Nardostachys jatamansi_), myrrh, olibanum, and other gum-resins, nearly all of which are still in use by the manufacturers of odors.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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