An expensive Indian plant; the value of the amount poured over the head of Jesus by the woman of Bethany (Mark 14: 3) was equivalent to wages for almost a whole year.
Citation for spikenard
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"spikenard." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 24, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1809>.
Chicago
"spikenard." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1809 (accessed May 24, 2013).