sesame : Idioms & Phrases
Open Sesame
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noun any very successful means of achieving a result
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noun a magical command; used by Ali Baba
WordNet
- 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
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noun the family of plants of order Polemoniales
family Pedaliaceae; Pedaliaceae.
WordNet
Sesame grass
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(Bot.) Same asGama grass .
Webster 1913
sesame oil
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noun oil obtained from sesame seeds
WordNet
sesame seed
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noun small oval seeds of the sesame plant
benniseed.