nigella

Misty blue blooms

Nigella is a plant genus whose seeds are used as a spice, particularly *Nigella sativa*, known as black cumin or black seed.

The tiny dark seeds have a peppery, slightly bitter flavor and appear in Middle Eastern and South Asian cuisines: nigella seeds on naan bread.

Nigella is also a given name.

ornamental

love-in-a-mist

Fennel-flowered annual, buttercup family

  • gardenCultivated plant area
  • bloomFlower or flourishing state
  • petalsColored bloom segments

showy · bedding · arrangement · bouquet · centerpiece · vase · landscaping · decorative · floral · greenhouse

medicinal

black seed oil

Nigella sativa extract

supplement · cold-pressed · immunity · digestive · therapeutic · folk medicine · ancient · healing · tonic

culinary

naan

Leavened tandoor-baked flatbread

Turkish · Egyptian · flatbread · pickle · curry · dukkah · za'atar · baking · savory · traditional

spice

black seed

Nigella sativa seeds

pungent · earthy · peppery · aromatic · nutty · crunchy · condiment · tempering

botanical

herbaceous

Having soft green stems

pollination · stamen · pistil · inflorescence · foliage · dicotyledon · angiosperm · perennial · biennial · taxonomy

namesake

Lawson

Patronymic surname

British · celebrity · food writer · domestic goddess · entertaining · home cooking

Categories
Opposites
culinary persona and style (for Nigella Lawson)

nigellaGordon Ramsay

Martha Stewart · molecular gastronomy · calorie counting

Family

denigrate

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G