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GENUS NIGELLA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nigella mean?

• GENUS NIGELLA (noun)
The noun GENUS NIGELLA has 1 sense:

1. erect annual Eurasian herbs

Familiarity information: GENUS NIGELLA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS NIGELLA (noun)

Sense 1

genus Nigella ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Erect annual Eurasian herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Nigella" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Nigella"):

nigella (any plant of the genus Nigella)

Holonyms ("genus Nigella" is a member of...):

buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)

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