First of all, spikenard, also referred to as nard, is a flowering plant of the Valerian family which grows in the Himalayas of India, Nepal, and China. The oil it produces we have heard often in a ...

(n.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the ...