Nigella (disambiguation)

Last updated April 27, 2019

Nigella may refer to:

People

Nigella Lawson, English food writer
Nigella Saunders, Jamaican badminton player

Nigella Lucy Lawson is an English food writer and cooking show host. She is the daughter of Nigel Lawson, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Vanessa Lawson, whose family owned the J. Lyons and Co. food and catering business.

Nigella Jekyll Saunders is a female badminton player from Jamaica, who won two medals at the 2003 Pan American Games. Saunders played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Mia Audina of the Netherlands in the round of 32. In her home country, she won more than a dozen titles at the Jamaican National Badminton Championships.

Plants

Nigella , a genus of about 14 species of annual plants in the family Ranunculaceae, particularly
- Nigella sativa , the seeds of which are used as a culinary spice
- Nigella damascena , (Love-in-a-mist), grown in gardens as an ornamental plant

<i>Nigella sativa</i> species of annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae

Nigella sativa is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to south and southwest Asia.

Nigella damascena is an annual garden flowering plant, belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia, where it is found on neglected, damp patches of land.

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