black caraway

noun

A Middle Eastern spice plant related to buttercups, Nigella sativa, with dark black, aromatic seeds.

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black cuminearthnuthognutkippernutnigellafennelfloweronion seedblackseed
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Meanings

nounblack caraway (usually uncountable, plural black caraways)

plural black caraways

  1. uncountableusuallyA Middle Eastern spice plant related to buttercups, Nigella sativa, with dark black, aromatic seeds.
    1. uncountableusuallyThese seeds as spice.
  2. IndiauncountableusuallyA spice plant related to caraway and cumin, with dark seeds and an edible root, Bunium bulbocastanum.

    Synonyms: black cumin, earthnut, hognut, kippernut

  3. uncountableusuallyA spice plant related to cumin, Elwendia persica.
    1. uncountableusuallyIts fruits, dried and used as a spice.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA spice plant related to caraway and cumin, with dark seeds and an edible root, Bunium bulbocastanum.

Similar
black cuminearthnuthognutkippernut

plant Nigella sativa

Similar
nigellafennelflower

seeds of Nigella sativa

Similar
onion seedblackseedkalonji

More synonyms by meaning

nounherb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway

Similar
nutmeg flowerRoman corianderNigella sativa
Broader
nigella
Also see
blackseedkalonji

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek μελάνθιον, μελάνθιον
  • μελάνθιον (melánthion)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • μελάνθιον (melánthion)spice from Nigella sativa
Arabic شُونِيز, كَمُّون أَسْوَد
  • شُونِيز (šūnīz)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • كَمُّون أَسْوَد (kammūn ʔaswad)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • شُونِيز (šūnīz)spice from Nigella sativa
  • حَبَّةُ سَوْدَاءُ (ḥabbatu sawdāʔu)spice from Nigella sativa
  • كَمُّون أَسْوَد (kammūn ʔaswad)spice from Nigella sativa
  • قِزْح (qizḥ)spice from Nigella sativa
Bengali কালো জিরা, কালোজিরা
  • কালো জিরা (kalō jira)spice from Nigella sativa
  • কালোজিরা (kalōjira)spice from Nigella sativa
Bulgarian посевна челебитка, че́рен кимио́н
  • посевна челебитка (posevna čelebitka)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • че́рен кимио́н (čéren kimión)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • че́рен суса́м (čéren susám)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • че́рен кимио́н (čéren kimión)spice from Nigella sativa
  • че́рен суса́м (čéren susám)spice from Nigella sativa
Catalan pebreta
  • pebretaNigella sativa — see also nigella
Chinese Mandarin 家黑種 /家黑种, 黑孜然
  • 家黑種 /家黑种 (jiāhēizhǒng)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • 黑孜然 (hēizīrán)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
Czech černucha setá, černý kmín
  • černucha setáNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • černý kmínNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • černý kmínspice from Nigella sativa
Estonian aed-mustköömen, must kumin
  • aed-mustköömenNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • must kuminspice from Nigella sativa
Finnish ryytineito, mustakumina
  • ryytineitoNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • mustakuminaspice from Nigella sativa
French nigelle cultivée, cumin noir
  • nigelle cultivéeNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • cumin noirNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • cumin noirspice from Nigella sativa
  • graine de nigellespice from Nigella sativa
  • poivrettespice from Nigella sativa
German Echter Schwarzkümmel, Ägyptischer Schwarzkümmel
  • Echter SchwarzkümmelNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Ägyptischer SchwarzkümmelNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Schwarzkümmelspice from Nigella sativa
Greek μαύρο κύμινο, μαύρο κύμινο
  • μαύρο κύμινο (mávro kýmino)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • μαύρο κύμινο (mávro kýmino)spice from Nigella sativa
Hebrew קֶצַח, קֶצַח
  • קֶצַח (qétzaẖ)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • קֶצַח (qéṣaḥ)spice from Nigella sativa
  • כַּמּוֹן שָׁחֹור (kammṓn šāḥṓr)spice from Nigella sativa
Hindi कलौंजी, कलोंजी
  • कलौंजी (kalauñjī)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • कलोंजी (kaloñjī)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • काला जीरा (kālā jīrā)spice from Nigella sativa
  • कलौंजी (kalauñjī)spice from Nigella sativa
  • कलोंजी (kaloñjī)spice from Nigella sativa
Indonesian jintan hitam, habbatussauda
  • jintan hitamspice from Nigella sativa
  • habbatussaudaspice from Nigella sativa
Latvian melna ķimenes, sējas melnsēklīte
  • melna ķimenesNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • sējas melnsēklīteNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • melna ķimenesspice from Nigella sativa
  • melnsēklītespice from Nigella sativa
Lithuanian juodgrūdė
  • juodgrūdėspice from Nigella sativa
Norwegian Bokmål svartkarve
  • svartkarvespice from Nigella sativa
Persian سیاهدانه, شونیز
  • سیاهدانه (siyâh-dâne)spice from Nigella sativa
  • شونیز (šuniz)spice from Nigella sativa
  • سنیز (soniz)spice from Nigella sativa
Polish czarnuszka siewna, czarnuszka
  • czarnuszka siewnaNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • czarnuszkaspice from Nigella sativa
Portuguese cominho preto, cominho preto
  • cominho pretoNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • cominho pretospice from Nigella sativa
Punjabi ਕਲ਼ੌਂਜੀ, ਕਲੌਂਜੀ
  • ਕਲ਼ੌਂਜੀ (kaḷauñjī)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • ਕਲੌਂਜੀ (kalauñjī)spice from Nigella sativa
Romanian chimen negru, negrușcă
  • chimen negruNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • negrușcăspice from Nigella sativa
  • negrilicăspice from Nigella sativa
  • chimen negruspice from Nigella sativa
Russian черну́шка, черну́ха
  • черну́шка (černúška)spice from Nigella sativa
  • черну́ха (černúxa)spice from Nigella sativa
  • калинджи (kalindži)spice from Nigella sativa
  • чёрный тмин (čórnyj tmin)spice from Nigella sativa
Slovak černuška siata, čierna rasca
  • černuška siataNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • čierna rascaNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • čierny kmínNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • čierna rascaspice from Nigella sativa
  • čierny kmínspice from Nigella sativa
Spanish comino negro, ajenuz
  • comino negroNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • ajenuzNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • comino negrospice from Nigella sativa
  • ajenuzspice from Nigella sativa
Swedish svartkummin, svartkummin
  • svartkumminNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • svartkumminspice from Nigella sativa
Tamil கருஞ்சீரகம், கருஞ்சீரகம்
  • கருஞ்சீரகம் (karuñcīrakam)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • கருஞ்சீரகம் (karuñcīrakam)spice from Nigella sativa
Thai เทียนดำ, เทียนดำ
  • เทียนดำNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • เทียนดำspice from Nigella sativa
Turkish çörekotu, çöreotu
  • çörekotuNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • çöreotuNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • siyah kimyonNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • siyah susamNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • çörek otuNigella sativa — see also nigella
  • çörek otuspice from Nigella sativa
  • siyah kimyonspice from Nigella sativa
  • siyah susamspice from Nigella sativa
Ukrainian чорну́шка посівна́, чо́рний кмин
  • чорну́шка посівна́ (čornúška posivná)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • чо́рний кмин (čórnyj kmyn)Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • чорну́шка (čornúška)spice from Nigella sativa
  • чо́рний кмин (čórnyj kmyn)spice from Nigella sativa
Vietnamese hạt đen, thì là đen
  • hạt đenspice from Nigella sativa
  • thì là đenspice from Nigella sativa
Cite this entry
APA

black caraway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20caraway

MLA

“black caraway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20caraway. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black caraway,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20caraway.

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