noun
East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
• Syn: ↑sesame, ↑benni, ↑benny, ↑Sesamum indicum
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sesamum, ↑genus Sesamum
• Part Meronyms: ↑sesame seed, ↑benniseed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.