Spikenard
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An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Araliaracemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenardof the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of theHimalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair isstill prepared in India.
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[A badass] name for a [black cat] with [murder] in his eyes
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The word is in Mark 14:3 as an ointment = 3 ¶ And being in Bethany in the house of Simon [the leper], as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an [alabaster] box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and [poured it] on his head.
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A costly perfumed ointment much valued in ancient times.
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