black caraway

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsnutmeg flowerRoman corianderNigella sativa

   Broadernigella

Questions about black caraway

What does black caraway mean?

black caraway means "herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway".

What is another word for black caraway?

Close synonyms include nutmeg flower, Roman coriander, Nigella sativa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black caraway a common word?

black caraway is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.