Nigella
See also: nigella
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Nigella f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – flowering plants, including black cumin, with distinctive finely divided leaves, the nigella..
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Nigelleae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Nigella sect. Erobatos, Nigella sect. Nigella, Nigella sect. Nigellastrum - sections
- Nigella arvensis - type species; Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist), Nigella elata, Nigella fumariifolia, Nigella glandulifera, Nigella hispanica, Nigella lancifolia, Nigella orientalis, Nigella oxypetala, Nigella sativa (black cumin), Nigella segetalis, Nigella stellaris, Nigella turcica - other species
Further reading
English
Etymology
A 19th-century flower name from nigella. Compare also the male given name Nigel.
Proper noun
Nigella
- (rare) A female given name.
- 2005 Renee W. Campoy, Case Study Analysis in the Classroom, SAGE, →ISBN, page 165:
- Sarah asked if Nigella's momma was a poet because she certainly had a lyrical ear for a name.
- 2005 Renee W. Campoy, Case Study Analysis in the Classroom, SAGE, →ISBN, page 165:
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