Definition of American spikenard

1. Noun. Unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Aralia Racemosa, Life-of-man, Petty Morel
Group relationships: Genus Aralia
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Spikenard

American red squirrel
American redstart
American robin
American robins
American rock brake
American sable
American saddle horse
American shrew mole
American sign language
American smelt
American smokewood
American smooth dogfish
American spelling
American spellings
American spicebush
American spikenard (current term)
American state
American sweet chestnut
American sweet gum
American sweetgum
American sweetgums
American sycamore
American tarantula
American toad
American trypanosomiasis
American turkey oak
American twinflower
American wall fern
American water ouzel

Literary usage of American spikenard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"Inasmuch as some of the American spikenard's tiny flowers are staminate and some pistillate, while others again are perfect, they depend upon flies ..."

2. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1900)
"159), has not the remotest connection with this tribe of plants. Inasmuch as some of the American spikenard's tiny flowers are ..."

3. A Complete pronouncing medical dictionary: Embracing the Terminology of by Joseph Thomas (1885)
"It i^ known also by the name of American spikenard (. ... Aralia Rac-e-mo'sa,* or American spikenard. i> analogous in its medical properties to the AR. ..."

4. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"It is known also by the name of American spikenard ... or American spikenard, is analogous in its medical properties to Aralia ..."

5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"White strawberry (Fragaria vesca alba), white or cream. American wood strawberry (Fragaria Americana), pink or light red. American spikenard (Aralia ..."

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