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nielsbohrium
nieve
nieve penitente
NIF
nifedipine
niff
nifty
Nig.
nigella
Niger
Niger-Congo
Nigeria
Nigerian English
niggard
niggardly
nigger
niggle
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nigella

ni·gel·la [ nī jéllə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
flowering plant: a member of a genus of flowering plants of the buttercup family that includes love-in-a-mist. Flowers: white, blue, yellow. Native to: Mediterranean, western Asia.  Genus Nigella.

[14th century. < modern Latin, feminine of nigellus (see niello)]
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