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English

Etymology

From the genus name. Doublet of nielle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na??d???l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

nigella (plural nigellas)

1. Any plant of the genus Nigella of about twelve species of annual flowering plants, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour but also found in shades of pink, white and pale purple.
2. The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice.

Synonyms

• (flower): love-in-a-mist
• (spice): black onion seed, onion seed, kalonji

Derived terms

• nigelline
• nigellone

Translations

Further reading

• nigella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• nigella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• nigella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Gallien, Langlie, gallein, galline, liangle

Italian

Etymology

From Scientific Latin, from Late Latin nigella, from the feminine of Latin nigellus. Cf. also niello.

Noun

nigella f (plural nigelle)

1. nigella

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

Translations