Associations to the word «Nigella»

NIGELLA, noun. Any plant of the genus Nigella of about twelve species of annual flowering plants, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour but also found in shades of pink, white and pale purple.

NIGELLA, noun. The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice.

NIGELLA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae   — flowering plants, including black cumin, with distinctive finely divided leaves, the nigella..

NIGELLA, proper noun. (rare) A female given name.

NIGELLA DAMASCENA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae   — love-in-a-mist, ragged lady.

NIGELLA SATIVA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae   — black cumin, a spice native to the west and south Asia.

NIGELLA, noun. Any plant of the genus Nigella.