Washburn, Homer Charles.A Text-book on Pharmacognosy / Homer Charles Washburn, Walter Henry Blome. — Edward Letter, 1936. — P. 77. — «Myristica, from the Greek "myristikos," of or pertaining to ointments, so named because of its early use as a flavoring for this type of preparations.».
Quattrocchi, Umberto.CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants. — CRC Press, 2016. — P. 2596. — «Myristica[...] From the Greek myristikos ‘fragrant, fit for anointing’, myron ‘a perfume, ointment, scent, sweet smelling, sweet oil’, myrizo, myrizein ‘to rub with ointment’». — ISBN 978-1-4822-5064-0.
