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nigella.

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.

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noun/naɪˈd͡ʒɛlə/
  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.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from translingual Nigella, from Late Latin nigella. Doublet of nielle.

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