benne : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: benne	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for benne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
benne 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]:
Benne \Ben"ne\, n. [Malay bijen.] (Bot.) The name of two plants ({Sesamum orientale} and {S. indicum}), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.