Nigella

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin nigellus, diminutive of niger (“black”). === Proper noun === Nigella f A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – flowering plants, including black cumin, with distinctive finely divided leaves, the nigella. ==== Hypernyms ==== (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 ==== Hyponyms ==== (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 === References === Nigella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Nigella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Nigella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Etymology === A 19th-century flower name from nigella. Compare also the male given name Nigel. === Proper noun === Nigella (rare) A female given name from English. === Anagrams === galline, gallein, liangle, Gallien, Langlie, Gillean == Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɪˈɡɛl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [niˈd͡ʒɛl.la] === Proper noun === Nigella m sg (genitive Nigellae); first declension A river of Gallia Cisalpina mentioned in the Tabula Peutingeriana ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Nigella”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.