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Definition of Genus Nigella
1. Noun. Erect annual Eurasian herbs.
Group relationships: Buttercup Family, Crowfoot Family, Family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae
Member holonyms: Nigella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nigella
Literary usage of Genus Nigella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"A faint delicate perfume of anise lingers about the flower. The genus Nigella is
credited in the books with sixteen species, all European ..."
2. The Journal of Conchology by Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1874)
"Notes on the Species of the Molluscan Sub-genus Nigella inhabiting the north-west
coast of America and adjacent regions," ..."
3. An Introduction to Botany by John ( Lindley (1839)
"Goethe has well remarked, in the genus Nigella, in which N. orientalis has the
carpels partially united, while N. damascena has them completely so; ..."
4. An Introduction to Botany by John ( Lindley (1839)
"Goethe has well remarked, in the genus Nigella, in which N. orientalis has the
carpels partially united, while N. damascena has them completely so; ..."
5. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"The genus Nigella receives the English name of fennel- flower, from its leaves
resembling those of fennel. It belongs to the natural order ..."
6. The Plants of the Bible by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"The genus Nigella receives the English name of fennel- flower, from its leaves
resembling those of fennel. It belongs to the natural order ..."
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