onion seed

English

Alternative forms

• onionseed, onion-seed

Noun

onion seed (plural onion seeds)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A seed produced by an onion plant.
2. The strong-flavored seed of black caraway or nigella, Nigella sativa, which is deep black with flat sides, like those of the onion.

Translations

seeds of an onion plant

• Arabic: قِزْح m (qizḥ)
• Finnish: sipulin siemen
• French: graine d’oignon f
• German: Zwiebelsamen m, Zwiebelsaat f
• Latin: sēmen cēpae n

Nigella sativa — see nigella