Nard: alternatives and connections

An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds…

A name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.

The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, v…

The berries of two East Indian species of Averrhoa, of the Oxalideae or Sorrel family. They are very acid, and highly esteemed when pr…

One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.

A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North Amer…

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or r…

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…

Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.

One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidae); -- so called from their very…

The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the…

One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian…

Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line…

Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.

A prefix signifying Indian (i. e., East Indian); of or pertaining of India.

An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. T…

Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P. gracilis…