Cuminum.—Cumin.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: King's 1898.
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Nigella damascena L.
Engl.: devil in the bush, nigella, Jack in the green, love-in-a-mist, magnolia seeds, ragged lady.
Deu.: Braut im Haar, Damaszener Schwarzkümmel, Jungfer im Grünen, Türkischer Schwarzkümmel.
Fran.: nigelle.
Sven.: jungfrun i det gröna.
Suom.: tarhaneito, neidonkukka.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1871.
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