Category:Sesame

Ses"a*me, n. Etym: [l. sesamum, sesama, gr. sésame.] (bot.)

Defn: 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 command which opened the door of the robber's den in the arabian nights' tale of "the forty thieves;" hence, a secret password, was based on the fact that sesame seeds do open.

-- sesame grass. (bot.) Same as gama grass.