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black caraway

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A Middle Eastern spice plant related to buttercups, Nigella sativa, with dark black, aromatic seeds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

A Middle Eastern spice plant related to buttercups, Nigella sativa, with dark black, aromatic seeds.

These seeds as spice.

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Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 3

A spice plant related to caraway and cumin, with dark seeds and an edible root, Bunium bulbocastanum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 4

A spice plant related to cumin, Elwendia persica.

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Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 5

A spice plant related to cumin, Elwendia persica.

Its fruits, dried and used as a spice.

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Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 6

herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nutmeg flower, Roman coriander, Nigella sativa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nigella

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ጥቁር አዝሙድ (ṭəḳur ʾäzmud) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Arabic: شُونِيز (šūnīz) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Arabic: كَمُّون أَسْوَد (kammūn ʔaswad) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Belarusian: чарнушка пасяўная (čarnuška pasjawnaja) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Bulgarian: посевна челебитка (posevna čelebitka) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Bulgarian: че́рен кимио́н (čéren kimión) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Bulgarian: че́рен суса́м (čéren susám) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Burmese: စမုန်နက် (ca.munnak) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Catalan: pebreta — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Chinese Mandarin: 家黑種 /家黑种 (jiāhēizhǒng) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑孜然 (hēizīrán) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Czech: černucha setá — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Czech: černý kmín — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Estonian: aed-mustköömen — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Finnish: ryytineito — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • French: nigelle cultivée — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • French: cumin noir — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • German: Echter Schwarzkümmel — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • German: Ägyptischer Schwarzkümmel — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Greek: μαύρο κύμινο (mávro kýmino) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Ancient Greek: μελάνθιον (melánthion) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Hebrew: קֶצַח (qétzaẖ) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Hindi: कलौंजी (kalauñjī) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Hindi: कलोंजी (kaloñjī) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Kannada: ಕರೀಜೀರಿಗೆ (karījīrige) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Central Kurdish: ڕەشکە (reşke) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Latvian: melna ķimenes — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Latvian: sējas melnsēklīte — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Macedonian: црно семе (crno seme) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Marathi: काळे जिरे (kāḷe jire) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Polish: czarnuszka siewna — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Portuguese: cominho preto — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Punjabi: ਕਲ਼ੌਂਜੀ (kaḷauñjī) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Romanian: chimen negru — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Serbo-Croatian: mačkov bȓk — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Serbo-Croatian: crno sȅme — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȓnī kùmīn — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȓnī kȉm — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Serbo-Croatian: crni sùsam — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Serbo-Croatian: čorokot — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Serbo-Croatian: ćurokot — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Serbo-Croatian: ćurukot — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Serbo-Croatian: ćurekot — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Slovak: černuška siata — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Slovak: čierna rasca — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Slovak: čierny kmín — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Spanish: comino negro — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Spanish: ajenuz — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Swedish: svartkummin — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Tamil: கருஞ்சீரகம் (karuñcīrakam) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Thai: เทียนดํา — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Turkish: çörekotu — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Turkish: çöreotu — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Turkish: siyah kimyon — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Turkish: siyah susam — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Turkish: çörek otu — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Ukrainian: чорну́шка посівна́ (čornúška posivná) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Ukrainian: чо́рний кмин (čórnyj kmyn) — Nigella sativa — see also nigella
  • Akkadian: 𒍣𒉈𒉈𒀀𒉡 — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Amharic: ጥቁር አዝሙድ (ṭəḳur ʾäzmud) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Arabic: شُونِيز (šūnīz) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Arabic: حَبَّةُ سَوْدَاءُ (ḥabbatu sawdāʔu) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Arabic: كَمُّون أَسْوَد (kammūn ʔaswad) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Arabic: قِزْح (qizḥ) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Aramaic: ܫܒܵܒܘܼܢܵܐ (šbābōnā) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Aramaic: קִיצְחָא (qiṣḥā) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Armenian: սոնիճ (sonič) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Belarusian: чо́рны кмен (čórny kmjen) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Bengali: কালো জিরা (kalō jira) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Bengali: কালোজিরা (kalōjira) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Bulgarian: че́рен кимио́н (čéren kimión) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Bulgarian: че́рен суса́м (čéren susám) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Burmese: စမုန်နက် (ca.munnak) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Czech: černý kmín — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Estonian: must kumin — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Finnish: mustakumina — spice from Nigella sativa
  • French: cumin noir — spice from Nigella sativa
  • French: graine de nigelle — spice from Nigella sativa
  • French: poivrette — spice from Nigella sativa
  • German: Schwarzkümmel — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Greek: μαύρο κύμινο (mávro kýmino) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Ancient Greek: μελάνθιον (melánthion) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Hebrew: קֶצַח (qéṣaḥ) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Hebrew: כַּמּוֹן שָׁחֹור (kammṓn šāḥṓr) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Hindi: काला जीरा (kālā jīrā) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Hindi: कलौंजी (kalauñjī) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Hindi: कलोंजी (kaloñjī) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Indonesian: jintan hitam — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Indonesian: habbatussauda — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Kannada: ಕರೀಜೀರಿಗೆ (karījīrige) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Kazakh: қара зере (qara zere) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Latvian: melna ķimenes — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Latvian: melnsēklīte — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Lithuanian: juodgrūdė — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Macedonian: црно семе (crno seme) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svartkarve — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svartkarve — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Persian: سیاهدانه (siyâh-dâne) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Persian: شونیز (šuniz) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Persian: سنیز (soniz) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Polish: czarnuszka — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Portuguese: cominho preto — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Punjabi: ਕਲੌਂਜੀ (kalauñjī) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Romanian: negrușcă — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Romanian: negrilică — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Romanian: chimen negru — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Russian: черну́шка (černúška) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Russian: черну́ха (černúxa) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Russian: калинджи (kalindži) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Russian: чёрный тмин (čórnyj tmin) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Serbo-Croatian: mačkov bȓk — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Serbo-Croatian: crno sȅme — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȓnī kùmīn — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȓnī kȉm — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Serbo-Croatian: crni sùsam — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Serbo-Croatian: čorokot — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Serbo-Croatian: ćurokot — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Serbo-Croatian: ćurukot — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Serbo-Croatian: ćurekot — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Slovak: čierna rasca — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Slovak: čierny kmín — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Spanish: comino negro — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Spanish: ajenuz — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Swedish: svartkummin — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Tamil: கருஞ்சீரகம் (karuñcīrakam) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Thai: เทียนดํา — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Turkish: çörek otu — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Turkish: siyah kimyon — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Turkish: siyah susam — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎁𐎁𐎊𐎐 (sbbyn) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎕𐎈 (qṣḥ) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Ukrainian: чорну́шка (čornúška) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Ukrainian: чо́рний кмин (čórnyj kmyn) — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Vietnamese: hạt đen — spice from Nigella sativa
  • Vietnamese: thì là đen — spice from Nigella sativa