Definition of Sesamum indicum

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

Exact synonyms: Benne, Benni, Benny, Sesame
Terms within: Benniseed, Sesame Seed
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Sesamum, Sesamum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sesamum Indicum

Sertoli
Sertoli's cell
Sertoli's columns
Server Side Include
Servetus
Servetus' circulation
Servia
Servian
Serzone
Sesame Street
Sesamum
Sesamum indicum
Sesbania exaltata
Sesbania grandiflora
Seseli
Sesotho
Sessions
Sessrúmnir
Set
Setaria cervi
Setaria glauca
Setaria italica
Setaria italica rubrofructa
Setaria italica stramineofructa
Setaria viridis

Literary usage of Sesamum indicum

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

1. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"Isolation of Some Economic Mutants in Sesame (sesamum indicum) BA Satyan, ... Bangalore, India Sesame (sesamum indicum L.) is one of the oldest and third ..."

2. Vegetable Fats and Oils: Their Practical Preparation, Purification by Louis Edgar Andés, Charles Salter (1902)
"The seeds of sesamum indicum L. and Sesamum orientale L. Commercial sesame is the seed of both these plants, the latter differing from the former only in ..."

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