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Definition of Sesame

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

Definition of Sesame

1. 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.

Definition of Sesame

1. Noun. A tropical Asian plant ''Sesamum indicum'' bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil ¹

2. Noun. The seed of this plant ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sesame

1. an East Indian plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sesame

1. 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. Open Sesame, the magical command which opened the door of the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' tale of "The Forty Thieves;" hence, a magical password. Sesame grass. Same as Gama grass. Origin: L. Sesamum, sesama, Gr,: cf. F. Sesame. (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Sesame

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"sesame.—The sesames of Palestine are of most excellent quality. In the markets of Marseille and of Germany they pay a special price for the Haifa sesame. ..."

2. American Druggist (1891)
"The US Ph. test is not reliable below 20 per cent, and serves principally as a distinctive test between sesame and olive oils [The author is mistaken in ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"OPEN sesame "IT WAS once upon a time" — so the fairy stories ... first gently and a little anxiously, afterwards loudly and boldly: " sesame, sesame! ..."

4. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1922)
"In the presence of sesame oil (1 per cent) the separating acid takes on a carmine red color; in the absence of sesame oil, the color becomes at most yellow ..."

5. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"sesame" comes from India, where they extract an oil from it; the colour of its grain is white. Similar in appearance to this is the erysimum of Asia and ..."

6. Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the by Azor Thurston (1922)
"Huile de sesame, Fr. Sesamöl,'G. Olio di sesamo, It. Aceite de ajonjolí, Sp. sesame oil is a fixed oil obtained from the seeds of one or more cultivated ..."

7. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"sesame oil forms with chlorine a viscid yellow compound, darker than the oil, ... sesame oil is not coloured by shaking with -J-th its volume of syrupy ..."

8. Tropical Agriculture: A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and by Peter Lund Simmonds (1889)
"Three varieties of sesame seed are cultivated in India, the white-seeded ... A second sort of sesame oil, sometimes called " rape," is obtained from the ..."

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