Black cumin can refer to the seeds of either of two quite different plants, both of which are used as spices:
- Bunium persicum, similar to caraway in shape
- Nigella sativa, also called kalonji or nigella. More common in the West
Famous quotes containing the word black:
“The shadow of the Venetian blind on the painted wall,
Shadows of the snake-plant and cacti, the plaster animals,
Focus the tragic melancholy of the bright stare
Into nowhere, a hole like the black holes in space.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)