Sesame

['sesəmɪ] or ['sɛsəmi]

Definition

(noun.) East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil.

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Definition

(n.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Benne, oil-plant.

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Definition

n. an annual herbaceous plant of Southern Asia whose seed yields the valuable gingili-oil.—adjs. Ses′amoid -al denoting certain small bones found in the substance of the tendons at the articulations of the great toes and in other parts of the body.—n. Ses′amum the genus to which sesame belongs.—Open sesame the charm by which the door of the robbers' cave flew open in the tale of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' in the Arabian Nights.

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