Definition of Sesame oil

1. Noun. Oil obtained from sesame seeds.

Generic synonyms: Oil, Vegetable Oil
Substance meronyms: Benniseed, Sesame Seed

Definition of Sesame oil

1. Noun. Oil extracted from sesame seeds (often after roasting) and used to flavor foods. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sesame oil

1. The refined fixed oil obtained from the seed of one or more cultivated varieties of sesamum indicum. It is used as a solvent and oleaginous vehicle for drugs and has been used internally as a laxative and externally as a skin softener. It is used also in the manufacture of margarine, soap, and cosmetics. Chemical name: Fats and Glyceridic oils, sesame (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sesame Oil

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servomechanical
servomechanism
servomechanisms
servomechanistic
servomotor
servomotors
servos
servosystem
seryl
seryl-tRNA-ATP phosphotransferase
seryls
sesame
sesame family
sesame leaf
sesame oil (current term)
sesame seed
sesames
sesamin
sesamoid
sesamoid bone
sesamoid cartilage of larynx
sesamoid cartilages of nose
sesamoidal
sesamoiditis
sesamoids
sesamol
sesamolin
sesamum
sesban

Literary usage of Sesame oil

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

1. American Druggist (1891)
"The US Ph. does not mention sesame oil in connection with the tests for olive oil. It only appends the note, " Absence of appreciable quantities of other ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Bishop had already shown that a green coloration was produced by shaking sesame oil, that had been exposed to light, with nitric acid; and the author has ..."

3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"The specific gravity of sesame oil at 15 degrees C. varies from .9225 to .9237. ... Adulteration of sesame oil.—Some of the other vegetable oils are cheaper ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1893)
"sesame oil.—The purity of sesame oil may be demonstrated by shaking ten cc. of oil, first with five drops of sulphuric acid at 53° B., then with five drops ..."

5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"sesame oil is not coloured by shaking with -J-th its volume of syrupy phosphoric ... Oil of vitriol forms with sesame oil a red-brown jelly, which evolves ..."

6. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"The specific gravity of sesame oil at 15 degrees C. varies from .9225 to .9237. ... Adulteration oj sesame oil.—Some of the other vegetable oils are cheaper ..."

7. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach, Andrew Lincoln Winton (1913)
"... showing color with sesame oil, to float. Since furfural produces with hydrochloric acid alone a violet coloration, it is necessary to use it in dilute ..."

8. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach, Andrew Lincoln Winton (1913)
"... shaken well, and the separation aided by the addition of chloroform, which causes the aqueous layer, showing color with sesame oil, to float. ..."

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