sesame : Idioms & Phrases

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Open Sesame

  • noun any very successful means of achieving a result
  • noun a magical command; used by Ali Baba
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  • 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.
Webster 1913

sesame family

  • noun the family of plants of order Polemoniales
    family Pedaliaceae; Pedaliaceae.
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Sesame grass

  • . (Bot.) Same as Gama grass.
Webster 1913

sesame oil

  • noun oil obtained from sesame seeds
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sesame seed

  • noun small oval seeds of the sesame plant
    benniseed.
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