SESAME


Meaning of SESAME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsesəmɪ ]

n. Bot. 1 an E. Indian herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, with seeds used as food and yielding an edible oil. 2 its seeds. øopen sesame a means of acquiring or achieving what is normally unattainable (from the magic words used in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments). [L sesamum f. Gk sesamon, sesame]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.