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sesame grass
(gcide) | Gama grass \Ga"ma grass`\ [From Gama, a cluster of the Maldive
Islands.] (Bot.)
A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and
exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies,
Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage
grass; -- called also sesame grass.
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Sesame grass
(gcide) | Sesame \Ses"a*me\, n. [L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. ????, ???: cf. F.
s['e]same.] (Bot.)
Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum
(Sesamum Indicum, and Sesamum 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.
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Open Sesame, the magical command which opened the door of
the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' tale of "The Forty
Thieves;" hence, a magical password.
Sesame grass. (Bot.) Same as Gama grass.
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Sesame grass
(gcide) | Gama grass \Ga"ma grass`\ [From Gama, a cluster of the Maldive
Islands.] (Bot.)
A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and
exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies,
Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage
grass; -- called also sesame grass.
[1913 Webster]Sesame \Ses"a*me\, n. [L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. ????, ???: cf. F.
s['e]same.] (Bot.)
Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum
(Sesamum Indicum, and Sesamum 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.
[1913 Webster]
Open Sesame, the magical command which opened the door of
the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' tale of "The Forty
Thieves;" hence, a magical password.
Sesame grass. (Bot.) Same as Gama grass.
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