What is another word for nigella?

Pronunciation: [na͡ɪd͡ʒˈɛlə] (IPA)

Nigella is a flowering plant commonly known as love-in-a-mist. It has delicate flowers in shades of blue, pink, and white surrounded by feathery foliage. The plant also produces clusters of small black seeds that are used in cooking and medicine. The seeds are known as black cumin, onion seed, or kalonji. In Middle Eastern and Indian cuisines, they are used as a spice to add flavor and aroma to dishes. They are also used in traditional medicine to treat digestive issues, asthma, and skin conditions. Nigella or black cumin has a distinct flavor that is both bitter and nutty, making it a popular ingredient for curries, bread, and pickles.

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What are the hyponyms for Nigella?

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  • hyponyms for nigella (as nouns)

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Usage examples for Nigella

Of nigella he writes: "Take hede that ye take not to muche of this herbe, for if ye go beyonde the mesure it bryngeth deth."
"The Old English Herbals"
Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
At the tops and ends of his branches and boughs, it putteth foorth flowers almost like those of nigella, of a whitish and incarnate color, having the fashion of a little bell comming out of a swad or husk, being of the fashion of a small goblet, which husk becometh round, having the fashion of a little apple, or sword's pummell: as soon as the flower is gone and vanished away, it is filled with very small seedes like unto those of yellow henbane, and they are black when they be ripe, or greene, while they are not yet ripe.
"Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce"
E. R. Billings

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