black caraway
English
Noun
black caraway (usually uncountable, plural black caraways)
- A Middle-Eastern spice plant related to buttercups, Nigella sativa, with dark black, aromatic seeds.
- These seeds as spice.
- (India) A spice plant related to caraway and cumin, with dark seeds and an edible root, Bunium bulbocastanum
Synonyms
- (plant Nigella sativa): nigella, fennelflower
- (seeds of Nigella sativa): onion seed, blackseed, kalonji, black cumin
- (Bunium bulbocastanum): black cumin, earthnut, hognut, kippernut
Translations
Nigella sativa — see also nigella
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spice
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