myristic

From Italian miristico, from Late Latin myristicus (“fragrant”); the form Myristica first used by Linnaeus as a genus name for the nutmeg tree. From Ancient Greek μυριστικός (muristikós, “fragrant”), from Ancient Greek μυρίζω (murízō, “to anoint”), from μύρον (múron, “unguent, perfume”). Compare myronic.