Translingual

Etymology

From Latin nigellus, diminutive of niger ‎(“black”)

Proper noun

Nigella f

1. 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

English

Proper noun

Nigella

1. (rare) A female given name.
   • 2005 Renee W. Campoy, Case Study Analysis in the Classroom, SAGE, ISBN 0761930280, page 165:

     Sarah asked if Nigella's momma was a poet because she certainly had a lyrical ear for a name.

English

Nigella

Noun

nigella ‎(plural nigellas)

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

Synonyms

Nigella seed

• (flower): love-in-a-mist
• (spice): black onion seed, onion seed, kalonji

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Scientific Latin, from Late Latin nigella, from the feminine of Latin nigellus. Cf. also niello.

Noun

nigella f ‎(plural nigelle)

1. nigella