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 Latin nameNigella sativa L.
 FamilyRanunculaceae
 Identified with (Skt)kāravī, kṛṣṇajīrakā, upakuñcikā
 Identified with (Hin)kālājīrā, kāloṃjī
 Identified with (Tam)karuñcīrakam
 Identified with (Mal)kariñcicīrakam
 Identified with (Eng)Small fennel, Black cumin
 Search occurrencekāravī, kṛṣṇajīrakā, upakuñcikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 275)
kāravī, f. the Asa foetida plant or its leaf (= Hiṅgu-parṇī), L.; Celosia cristata, L.; a kind of anise (Anethum Sowa), L.; Nigella indica, Bhpr.; a kind of fennel, ib.; a small kind of gourd, L.; Carum Carvi, Bhpr.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 195)
upakuñci, is, f. Nigella Indica, L.

upakuñcikā, f. id., Suśr.; small Cardamoms, L.


 
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