Definition of Nigella damascena

1. Noun. European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers.

Exact synonyms: Love-in-a-mist
Generic synonyms: Nigella

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nigella Damascena

Niemann disease
Nierembergia frutescens
Nierembergia repens
Nierembergia rivularis
Nietzsche
Nietzschean
Nietzscheans
Niewenglowski rays
Nifong
Nifonged
Nifonging
Nifongs
Nigel
Nigel no friends
Nigella
Nigella damascena (current term)
Nigella hispanica
Nigella sativa
Niger
Niger-Congo
Niger-Kordofanian
Niger-Kordofanian language
Niger River
Niger franc
Nigeria
Nigerian
Nigerian Pidgin
Nigerian Sign Language
Nigerian capital
Nigerian monetary unit

Literary usage of Nigella damascena

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Nigella damascena, L.—Perhaps this should rather be Love-in-a-tangle or ... Nigella damascena, L.—Ess. ; N. Line. (Bottes- ford), Love-in-mist ; E. Suss. ..."

2. King's American Dispensatory by John King (1909)
"The seeds of Nigella damascena were ever, are non-fluorescent. CUNILA.— DITTANY. The whole herb of Cunila mariani, ..."

3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"... from the seeds of Nigella damascena to th« seeds of other species of Nigella. N. damascena contains no other alkaloid than damas ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1908)
"... the alkaloid from the seeds of Nigella damascena, Dr. Oscar Keller now communicates the results of a comprehensive study undertaken with the object of ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1908)
"... the alkaloid from the seeds of Nigella damascena, Dr. Oscar Keller now communicates the results of a comprehensive study undertaken with the object of ..."

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