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Benne
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Benne has 1 sense
- benne(n = noun.plant) benni, benny, sesame, sesamum indicum - East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil; Array has parts: benniseed, sesame seed
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus sesamum, sesamum
CIDE DICTIONARY
Benne, n. [Malay bijen.].
The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and Sesamum indicum ), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant . From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil or sesame oil , used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy. [1913 Webster]
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