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nigella

Today it 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. Full definition →

translingual Nigella ← Late Latin nigella

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nigella · noun¹

Late Latin · borrowed fromnigella
translingual · borrowed fromNigella
English todaynigella

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

Nigella · proper noun²

A 19th-century flower name from nigella. Compare also the male given name Nigel.

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