Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun american_spikenard
1 sense of american spikenard
Sense 1
American spikenard, petty morel, life-of-man, Aralia racemosa -- (unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico)
=> subshrub, suffrutex -- (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)