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> as lemmasnard Celtic † nard Celtic n. [ < classical Latin nardum Celticum (Pliny); compare Hellenistic Greek νάρδος Κελτική, and also Old French narde celtice (second half of 13th cent.), Middle French nard celtique (1538)] Obsolete an aromatic plant with pinkish-white flowers, Valeriana celtica (family Valerianaceae (or Caprifoliaceae)), native to parts of the Alps; (also) the root of this plant, used in perfumery and (formerly) in medicine; = Celtic nard n. at Celtic adj. and n. Compounds 1.< |