Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sesame, Sesamum orientale, the seed of which, also called
benneseed , yields a bland oil. Seesesame .
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Examples
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Solo se necesitan chiles secos desvenados y remojados de un día para otro, se muelen con ajonjoli tostado y se frie todo en manteca.
manchamanteles 1919
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Solo se necesitan chiles secos desvenados y remojados de un día para otro, se muelen con ajonjoli tostado y se frie todo en manteca.
manchamanteles 1919
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The islands yield much cinnamon; and although there is no olive oil but that brought from Nueva España, much oil is made from ajonjoli [_Sesamum orientale_] and flaxseed which is commonly used in that country, so that the olive oil is not missed.
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When leaving the bath, they anoint the head with ajonjoli [_i. e._, oil of sesame] mixed with civet -- of which, as we shall later show, there is great abundance in those regions.
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