nigella
/naɪˈd͡ʒɛlə/
nigella noun: 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.
Noun
nigella (countable and uncountable, plural nigellas)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- love-in-a-mist
- The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice.
- Synonyms:
- black onion seed, onion seed, kalonji
Proper noun capitalized: Nigella
Nigella
- A female given name from English.
- 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
nigella meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi
nigella in Marathi
- plant of the genus Nigella
- काळे जिरे kāḷe jire
nigella in Urdu
- کلونجی, کرئل
nigella in Bengali
- nigella, black caraway
- কালোজিরা kalōjira
nigella in Punjabi
- nigella
- ਕਲ਼ੌਂਜੀ kaḷauñjī
More languagesFewer languages
- nigella in Arabic
- شُونِيز šūnīz
Synonyms of nigella
Forms of nigella
| plural | nigellas |
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Origin of nigella
Borrowed from translingual Nigella, from Late Latin nigella. Doublet of nielle.
A 19th-century flower name from nigella. Compare also the male given name Nigel.
Words formed from nigella
Words that rhyme with nigella
- stella
- columella
- Ella
- cinderella
- umbrella
- stracciatella
- a cappella
- fella
- ambarella
- citronella
- Coachella
- columnella
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hella
- lamella
- micella
- mozzarella
- predella
- salmonella
- Tudela
- varicella
- zooxanthella
- acanthella
- Adela
- amborella
- Bella
- brucella
- candela
- canella
- capitella
- castella
- cella
- cerebella
- chlorella
- clitella
- favela
- fellah
- flabella
- flagella
- fraxinella
- Gabriella
- haustella
- klebsiella
- labella
- mistella
- moraxella
- mortadella
- novella
- paella
- panatela
- petronella
- portabella
- prunella
- quinella
- rostella
- rubella
- scutella
- selaginella
- shigella
- subumbrella
- tarantella
Questions about nigella
- What does nigella mean?
- Nigella means 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.
- What is nigella in Marathi?
- Nigella in Marathi is काळे जिरे (kāḷe jire). See Nigella meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is nigella?
- Nigella can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce nigella?
- Nigella is pronounced /naɪˈd͡ʒɛlə/.
- What is the plural of nigella?
- The plural of nigella is nigellas.
Words near nigella in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nigella (page history and authors); Nigella (page history and authors); Nigella (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কালোজিরা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਕਲ਼ੌਂਜੀ (Punjabi) (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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