wild fennel

any of several annual herbs of the genus Nigella, having dissected leaves and showy blue or white flowers.

Also called ni·gel·la [nahy-jel-uh] /naɪˈdʒɛl ə/.

Words nearby wild fennel

Nigella Lawson used cocaine, cannabis and prescription pills daily for more than a decade, a court in London heard Tuesday.

Court Claim: Nigella Lawson Took Drugs Every Day for a Decade |Nico Hines |November 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
To the non-art-buying public, Saatchi was best known for his wife, the celebrity cook and writer Nigella Lawson.

Charles Saatchi: From Saatchi & Saatchi to Allegedly Choking Nigella Lawson |Peter Jukes |June 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Nigella left the family home in Chelsea on Sunday, after the pictures were published, supported by her 17-year-old son Bruno.

Saatchi Admits Assaulting Nigella And Accepts Police Caution |Tom Sykes |June 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It is inconceivable to many that that Nigella could be a victim of domestic violence.

Nigella Lawson Leaves Home as Charles Saatchi Calls Choking a ‘Playful Tiff’ |Tom Sykes |June 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The shocking abuse saw Nigella, 53, leave Scott's restaurant in Mayfair in floods of tears.

Art Kingpin Charles Saatchi Photographed Squeezing Nigella Lawson's Throat In London Restaurant |Tom Sykes |June 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Nigella sativa (Asmud) is occasionally cultivated as a spice.

The Highlands of Ethiopia |William Cornwallis Harris
Some people say they can transplant Nigella, but many gardeners prefer to sow it where it is to stand.

The Children's Book of Gardening |Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
Of nigella he writes: “Take hede that ye take not to muche of this herbe, for if ye go beyonde the mesure it bryngeth deth.”

The Old English Herbals |Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
Baillon, in referring to these flowers, points out the resemblance that they bear to the double varieties of Nigella.

Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. Masters
These seeds, sometimes known as fennel-flower seeds, are the product of Nigella sativa, Linn.

Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products |William Bevan

nigella

/ (naɪˈdʒɛlə) /

any plant of the ranunculaceous genus Nigella, from the Mediterranean and W Asia, esp N. damascena See love-in-a-mist

New Latin, diminutive of Latin niger black, from the colour of the seeds