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SESAME

\sˈɛsɐmˌi], \sˈɛsɐmˌi], \s_ˈɛ_s_ɐ_m_ˌi]\

Definitions of SESAME

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

An herb, Sesamum indicum, the seeds of which contain a fixed oil, oleum sesami, used as a food.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

An annual with oily seeds; the first word of a magic formula, "Sesame, open," occurring in the Arabian Nights. Open Sesame, a ready means of resolving a difficulty; a key to unlock and penetrate a mystery.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A plant producing an oily grain, chiefly cultivated in the East and in Egypt.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The plants Sesamum indicum and S. orientale, with oil-bearing seeds.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Sesamum orientate and Sesamum indicum.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin, Greek , Arabic] An annual herbaceous plant, from the seeds of which an oil is expressed.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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