| genus nigella | (n) erect annual Eurasian herbs |
| genus shigella | (n) a genus of bacteria |
| genus weigela | (n) east Asian flowering shrubs |
| nigella | (n) any plant of the genus Nigella |
| rigel | (n) the brightest star in Orion, Syn. Beta Orionis |
| shigella | (n) rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon |
| shigellosis | (n) an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains, Syn. bacillary dysentery |
| weigela | (n) deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers, Syn. Weigela florida |
| bagel | (n) (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust, Syn. beigel |
| black caraway | (n) herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway, Syn. Roman coriander, nutmeg flower, Nigella sativa |
| ereshkigal | (n) goddess of death and consort of Nergal, Syn. Eresh-kigal, Ereshkigel |
| fennel flower | (n) nigella of Spain and southern France, Syn. Nigella hispanica |
| love-in-a-mist | (n) European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers, Syn. Nigella damascena |
| nodding groundsel | (n) plant with erect leafy stems bearing clusters of rayless yellow flower heads on bent individual stalks; moist regions of southwestern United States, Syn. Senecio bigelovii |
| shiga bacillus | (n) a bacillus that causes dysentery, Syn. Shigella dysentariae |
| sticky aster | (n) wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizona, Syn. Machaeranthera bigelovii |
| nigella | n. any plant of the genus Nigella. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Rigel | n. [ Ar. rijl, properly, foot. ] (Astron.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion. [ Written also Regel. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tigella | ‖n. [ NL., from F. tige stem or stock. ] (Bot.) That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tigelle | n. [ F. ] (Bot.) Same as Tigella. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Weigelia | { } n. [ NL. So named after C. E. Weigel, a German naturalist. ] (Bot.) A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Weigela |
