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Definition of Sesame seed
1. Noun. Small oval seeds of the sesame plant.
Terms within: Sesame Oil
Generic synonyms: Flavorer, Flavoring, Flavourer, Flavouring, Seasoner, Seasoning
Group relationships: Benne, Benni, Benny, Sesame, Sesamum Indicum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sesame Seed
Literary usage of Sesame seed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tropical Agriculture: A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and by Peter Lund Simmonds (1889)
"sesame seed (Sesamum indicum, Dec.), frequently called Til, or Gingely. ...
Three varieties of sesame seed are cultivated in India, the white-seeded ..."
2. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"Marseilles is the great mill town for sesame seed, importing about 100000000
pounds of seed ... sesame seed are dried, ground, and pressed for 1l/2 hours. ..."
3. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"Marseilles is the great mill town for sesame seed, importing about ... For this
purpose northern Europe imports 32000 tons of sesame seed annually. ..."
4. Commercial Handbook of China by Julean Arnold (1920)
"Of the three colors, the white, the yellow, and thei black sesame seed, the first
named contains the highest percentage of oil. By their native methods the ..."
5. The New Dietetics, what to Eat and how: A Guide to Scientific Feeding in by John Harvey Kellogg (1921)
"sesame seed MEAL This oleaginous seed is much used in India and the Orient, as
well as in all parts of Africa. Dr. Thompson thus describes this valuable ..."
6. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"We 1m,- portf-d, in 1855,652 quarters of sesame seed. In 1806, 22.790 cwt.
of till» seed were shipped from Madras alone, besides 2214 cwt. of oil. ..."
7. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1873)
"Sesame-seed is about the same size as a large grain of white mustard ; it is a
... A fragment of the husk of Sesame-seed eih'ibits under the microscope the ..."
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