"Nigella" meaning in All languages combined

See Nigella on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: A 19th-century flower name from nigella. Compare also the male given name Nigel. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nigella
  1. (rare) A female given name from English. Tags: rare Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Nigella-en-name-2onTjvcs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: /niˈɡel.la/ [Classical-Latin], [nɪˈɡɛlːʲä] [Classical-Latin], /niˈd͡ʒel.la/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [niˈd͡ʒɛlːä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Nigellae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Nigella [nominative, singular], Nigellae [genitive, singular], Nigellae [dative, singular], Nigellam [accusative, singular], Nigellā [ablative, singular], Nigella [singular, vocative]
Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Nigella<1>|g=m}} Nigella m sg (genitive Nigellae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Nigella<1>}}
  1. A river of Gallia Cisalpina mentioned in the Tabula Peutingeriana Tags: declension-1, masculine, singular Categories (place): Italy, Rivers

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Latin nigellus, diminutive of niger (“black”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|la|nigellus}} Latin nigellus Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Nigella|nogendercat=1}} Nigella f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – flowering plants, including black cumin, with distinctive finely divided leaves, the nigella. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Nigella-mul-name-paHVZUka Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Plantae (english: kingdom), Viridiplantae (english: subkingdom), Streptophyta (english: infrakingdom), Embryophyta (english: superphylum), Tracheophyta (english: phylum), Spermatophytina (english: subphylum), angiosperms, eudicots (english: clades), Ranunculales (english: order), Ranunculaceae (english: family), Ranunculoideae (english: subfamily), Nigelleae (english: tribe) Hyponyms ((genus): Nigella sect. Erobatos, Nigella sect. Nigella, Nigella sect. Nigellastrum - sections): Nigella arvensis (english: type species), Nigella damascena (alt: love-in-a-mist), Nigella elata, Nigella fumariifolia, Nigella glandulifera, Nigella hispanica, Nigella lancifolia, Nigella orientalis, Nigella oxypetala, Nigella sativa (english: black cumin), Nigella segetalis, Nigella stellaris, Nigella turcica (english: other species)
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      "word": "Nigella lancifolia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "(genus): Nigella sect. Erobatos, Nigella sect. Nigella, Nigella sect. Nigellastrum - sections",
      "word": "Nigella orientalis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "(genus): Nigella sect. Erobatos, Nigella sect. Nigella, Nigella sect. Nigellastrum - sections",
      "word": "Nigella oxypetala"
    },
    {
      "english": "black cumin",
      "sense": "(genus): Nigella sect. Erobatos, Nigella sect. Nigella, Nigella sect. Nigellastrum - sections",
      "word": "Nigella sativa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "(genus): Nigella sect. Erobatos, Nigella sect. Nigella, Nigella sect. Nigellastrum - sections",
      "word": "Nigella segetalis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "(genus): Nigella sect. Erobatos, Nigella sect. Nigella, Nigella sect. Nigellastrum - sections",
      "word": "Nigella stellaris"
    },
    {
      "english": "other species",
      "sense": "(genus): Nigella sect. Erobatos, Nigella sect. Nigella, Nigella sect. Nigellastrum - sections",
      "word": "Nigella turcica"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "name",
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        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual proper nouns",
        "Translingual terms derived from Latin",
        "mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – flowering plants, including black cumin, with distinctive finely divided leaves, the nigella."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus#English"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family#English"
        ],
        [
          "Ranunculaceae",
          "Ranunculaceae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "black cumin",
          "black cumin"
        ],
        [
          "divide",
          "divide"
        ],
        [
          "nigella",
          "nigella"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nigella"
}

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