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Sesamum

noun
1.
Tropical African and Indian herbs.  Synonym: genus Sesamum.



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"Sesamum" Quotes from Famous Books



... origanifolia. Digitalis orientalis. * purpurea! Calceolaria crenatiflora. rugosa. * var. cult.! Chelone barbata. *Antirrhinum majus! Rhinanthus crista galli. Pedicularis sylvatica. Pedicularis euphrasioides. Scrophularia aquatica! Sesamum indicum. Lamium. Mentha. Sideritis. Nepeta diffusa. Galeopsis Ladanum. Tetrahit. Galeobdolon luteum. Teucrium campanulatum! Plectranthus fruticosus. Cleonia lusitanica. Dracocephalum austriacum. Phlomis fruticosa! ...
— Vegetable Teratology - An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants • Maxwell T. Masters

... Pylaemenes The Paphlagonians led from Eneti (Whence first appear'd the stubborn race of mules), Who in Cytorus and in Sesamum, And round Parthenius' waters had their home; Who dwelt in Cromne, and AEgialus, And on the lofty ...
— The Iliad • Homer

... down: most are the same as in Nyassa. A very active species of Glanis, of dark olive-brown, was not sketched, but a spotted one, armed with offensive spikes in the dorsal and pectoral fins, was taken. Sesamum seed is abundant just now and cakes are made of ground-nuts, as on the West Coast. Dugumbe's horde tried to deal in the market in a domineering way. "I shall buy that," said one. "These are mine," said another; "no one must touch them but me," but the market-women taught ...
— The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 • David Livingstone



Words linked to "Sesamum" :   Pedaliaceae, family Pedaliaceae, benny, benne, plant genus, benni, sesame, sesame family, Sesamum indicum



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