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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Spīke'nard, n.

noun

(colloq. spīk'nard), n. [Ger. spieke-narde, N. Lat. spica nardi. See SPIKE and NARD.]

  1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa; in England, the Andropogon nardus of India. The spikenard of the ancients is a species of valerian, the Nardostachys Jatamansi, and the Valeriana Dioscoridis, Lindley.
  2. A fragrant essential oil; — as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi.