Nigella

From Latin nigellus, diminutive of niger (“black”).

Nigella f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – flowering plants, including black cumin, with distinctive finely divided leaves, the nigella.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Nigelleae - tribe

• (genus): Nigella sect. Erobatos, Nigella sect. Nigella, Nigella sect. Nigellastrum - sections
  • Nigella arvensis - type species; Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist), Nigella elata, Nigella fumariifolia, Nigella glandulifera, Nigella hispanica, Nigella lancifolia, Nigella orientalis, Nigella oxypetala, Nigella sativa (black cumin), Nigella segetalis, Nigella stellaris, Nigella turcica - other species

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

Nigella

1. (rare) A female given name from English.
   • 2005, Renee W. Campoy, Case Study Analysis in the Classroom, SAGE, →ISBN, page 165:

     Sarah asked if Nigella's momma was a poet because she certainly had a lyrical ear for a name.

• Gallien, Langlie, gallein, galline, liangle

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /niˈɡel.la/, [nɪˈɡɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈd͡ʒel.la/, [niˈd͡ʒɛlːä]

Nigella m sg (genitive Nigellae); first declension

1. A river of Gallia Cisalpina mentioned in the Tabula Peutingeriana

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Nigella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.