Usually means: Genus of flowering plants, aromatic.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word nigella:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. nigella: Merriam-Webster
  2. Nigella, nigella: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nigella: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nigella: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nigella: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nigella, nigella: Wordnik
  7. nigella: Wiktionary
  8. Nigella, nigella: Dictionary.com
  9. Nigella (disambiguation), Nigella: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. nigella: Rhymezone
  11. nigella: FreeDictionary.org
  12. nigella: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. nigella: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. nigella: Medical dictionary

(Note: See nigellas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Nigella)

noun:  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.
noun:  The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice.
noun:  (rare) A female given name from English.

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