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Definition of Nigella sativa
1. Noun. Herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nigella Sativa
Literary usage of Nigella sativa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"nigella sativa (Nutmeg flower; Small fennel flower; Black cumin; Black caraway).
Derivation: Seed of nigella sativa. Habitat: Germany and Mediterranean ..."
2. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... as well as all places strewed with fennel seed (nigella sativa). Dill grown
in cabbage beds protects the cabbages from caterpillars. ..."
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