NIGELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nigella mean? 

• NIGELLA (noun)
  The noun NIGELLA has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Nigella

  Familiarity information: NIGELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIGELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Nigella

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("nigella" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nigella"):

love-in-a-mist; Nigella damascena (European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers)

fennel flower; Nigella hispanica (nigella of Spain and southern France)

black caraway; Nigella sativa; nutmeg flower; Roman coriander (herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway)

Holonyms ("nigella" is a member of...):

genus Nigella (erect annual Eurasian herbs)