(click for larger image in new window) n.
In both senses also called benne, til1.
A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.
The seed of this plant.
[Middle English sisamie, from Latin sēsamum, from Greek sēsamē, sēsamon, probably ultimately from Akkadian šamaššammū : šamnu, oil; see šmn in Semitic roots + šammu, plant; see šmm in Semitic roots.]