"nigella" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /naɪˈd͡ʒɛlə/ Forms: nigellas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlə Etymology: From Scientific Latin, from Late Latin nigella. Doublet of nielle. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|nigella}} Late Latin nigella, {{doublet|en|nielle}} Doublet of nielle Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nigella (countable and uncountable, plural nigellas)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Buttercup family plants, Flowers Synonyms (flower): love-in-a-mist Translations (plant of the genus Nigella): μελάνθιον (melánthion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), شُونِيز (šūnīz) [masculine] (Arabic), սոնիճ (sonič) (Armenian), чарнушка (čarnuška) [feminine] (Belarusian), челебитка (čelebitka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), че́рен кимио́н (čéren kimión) [masculine] (Bulgarian), че́рен суса́м (čéren susám) [masculine] (Bulgarian), černucha [feminine] (Czech), mustköömen (Estonian), neito (Finnish), nigelle [feminine] (French), mourillón [masculine] (Galician), Schwarzkümmel [masculine] (German), kandilla (Hungarian), katicavirág (Hungarian), melnsēklīte (Latvian), juodgrūdė (Lithuanian), czarnuszka [feminine] (Polish), chica-voinicului [feminine] (Romanian), черну́шка (černúška) [feminine] (Russian), черну́ха (černúxa) [feminine] (Russian), калинджи (kalindži) [masculine] (Russian), чёрный тмин (čórnyj tmin) [masculine] (Russian), mačkov bȓk [Serbia, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), crno sȅme [Serbia, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), cȓnī kùmīn [Serbia, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cȓnī kȉm [Bosnia, Serbia] (Serbo-Croatian), crni sùsam [Serbia] (Serbo-Croatian), černuška [feminine] (Slovak), črníka [feminine] (Slovene), ajenuz (Spanish), arañuela [feminine] (Spanish), nigella [common-gender] (Swedish), çörekotu (Turkish), çöreotu (Turkish), siyah kimyon (Turkish), siyah susam (Turkish), чорну́шка (čornúška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), чо́рний кмин (čórnyj kmyn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), čornucha [feminine] (Upper Sorbian)
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  2. The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Spices, Spices and herbs Synonyms (spice): black onion seed, onion seed, kalonji
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nigelline, nigellone

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "word": "mustköömen"
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "word": "neito"
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "word": "mourillón"
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "word": "Schwarzkümmel"
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "word": "kandilla"
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "word": "melnsēklīte"
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "word": "juodgrūdė"
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "word": "chica-voinicului"
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "word": "черну́шка"
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      "word": "черну́ха"
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      "note": "cr̀njika (used in Serbia in the form cr̀nika for the holm oak)",
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "word": "cȓnī kùmīn"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "word": "cȓnī kȉm"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      "word": "crni sùsam"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "černuška"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "črníka"
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      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "čornucha"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "word": "ajenuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arañuela"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nigella"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "word": "çörekotu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "word": "çöreotu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "word": "siyah kimyon"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "word": "siyah susam"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čornúška",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чорну́шка"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čórnyj kmyn",
      "sense": "plant of the genus Nigella",
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      ],
      "word": "чо́рний кмин"
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}

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