4 letters · 5 points in Scrabble
noun an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
originFrom Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus.
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