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black cumin

black cumin noun: a spice plant with aromatic seeds (Nigella sativa).

Noun

black cumin (countable and uncountable, plural black cumins)

  1. A spice plant with aromatic seeds (Nigella sativa).
  2. A spice plant related to cumin with dark seeds and an edible root (Bunium bulbocastanum).
  3. A cultivated variety of cumin (Cuminum cyminum).
  4. A spice plant related to cumin with long dark fruits (Elwendia persica)

black cumin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

black cumin in Hindi

Elwendia persica
काला ज़ीरा kālā zīrā, शाहि ज़ीरा śāhi zīrā

black cumin in Tamil

கருஞ்சீரகம்

black cumin in Urdu

Elwendia persica
سیاہ زیرہ siyāh zīrah, کالا زیرہ kālā zīrah

black cumin in Bengali

Elwendia persica
শাহী জিরা śahi jira, শা জিরা śa jira
More languagesFewer languages
black cumin in Gujarati
શાહજીરું śāhjīrũ
black cumin in Persian
زیره کوهی zireh-e kuhi, زیره سیاه zireh-e siyah, زیره کرمانی zireh-e kermani, قاره زیره gharah zireh

Forms of black cumin

pluralblack cumins

Questions about black cumin

What does black cumin mean?
Black cumin means a spice plant with aromatic seeds (Nigella sativa).
What is black cumin in Hindi?
Black cumin in Hindi is काला ज़ीरा (kālā zīrā), शाहि ज़ीरा (śāhi zīrā). See Black cumin meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is black cumin?
Black cumin is a noun.
What is the plural of black cumin?
The plural of black cumin is black cumins.

Words near black cumin in the dictionary

  1. black crowned cranes
  2. black cuckoo-shrike
  3. black cuckoo-shrikes
  4. black cuckooshrike
  5. black cuckooshrikes
  6. black cumin
  7. black cumins
  8. black curassow
  9. black curassows
  10. black currant
  11. black currants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: black cumin (page history and authors); black cumin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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