nigella (naɪˈdʒɛlə) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| See love-in-a-mist any plant of the ranunculaceous genus Nigella, from the Mediterranean and W Asia, esp N. damascena | |
| [New Latin, diminutive of Latin niger black, from the colour of the seeds] | |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |