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    SESAMUM INDICUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oilplay

    Synonyms:

    benne; benni; benny; sesame; Sesamum indicum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Sesamum indicum" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Meronyms (parts of "Sesamum indicum"):

    benniseed; sesame seed (small oval seeds of the sesame plant)

    Holonyms ("Sesamum indicum" is a member of...):

    genus Sesamum; Sesamum (tropical African and Indian herbs)

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