Sesame : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Sesame	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sesame n East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil Synonym(s): sesame, benne, benni, benny, Sesamum indicum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sesame \Ses"ame\, n. [L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?]: cf. F. s[82]same.] (Bot.) 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 [bd]The Forty Thieves;[b8] hence, a magical password. {Sesame* grass}. (Bot.) Same as {Gama grass}.