nard

noun5

1. •
   A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
2. •
   [usually plural] (US, slang) A testicle.

   • The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!
3. •
   American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
4. •
   A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.

   • […]there cam a womã with an alablaster boxe of oyntment / called narde / that was pure and costly / and she brake the boxe ãd powred it on his heed. — 1526
5. •
   A Persian game similar to backgammon.