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Definition of Nigella

1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Nigella.

Definition of Nigella

1. Proper noun. (rare) (English female given name). ¹

2. Noun. 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. ¹

3. Noun. The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nigella

1. an annual herb [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nigella

Literary usage of Nigella

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

1. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"French, la nielle Romaine [Roman nigella]; nielle des jardins [garden ... THE kinds of nigella most esteemed and cultivated in English gardens are the ..."

2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"nigella, a genus of plants of natural order ... The seeds of a specie of nigella are much used by the Afghans for flavoring curries. ..."

3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"OU of nigella. Schwarzkümmelöl. In the seed of nigella sativa, L. Prepared by distilling the bruised seeds with water. Transparent, colourless, exhibiting a ..."

4. A Scripture Herbal by Maria Callcott (1842)
"nigella. nigella sativa, or N. Orientalis,—nigella, Black-seed, or Gitta. Linnaean class and order, ..."

5. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"nigella. Love in a Mist, nigella, from niger, black, because of the color of the seeds, which are the parts of the plant used in cookery. ..."

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