Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - sesame
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Sesame
sesame
noun Etymology: alteration of earlier sesam, sesama, from Latin sesamum, sesama, from Greek sesamon, sesame, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian samassamu ~ Date: 15th century 1. a widely cultivated chiefly tropical or subtropical annual erect herb (Sesamum indicum of the family Pedaliaceae); also its small seeds used especially as a source of oil and a flavoring agent 2. open ~
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1. бот. кунжут, сезам (Sesamum indicum) 2. сезам open sesame! —- сезам, откройся!; магическая формула, открывающая (все) двери fame is not the open sesame to happiness —- слава еще не открывает пути к счастью ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
Sesame is a plant grown for its seeds and oil, which are used in cooking. ...sesame seeds... N-UNCOUNT: usu N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ n a tropical plant grown for its seeds and oil and used in cooking (- see also open sesame) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
mil. abbr. Selected Essential Item Stock for Availability Method Model gen. bus. abbr. Small Enterprise Sensitive Accessible Management Education wanna abbr. Says Me ...English abbreviation dictionary
8.
- c.1425, probably from M.Fr. sisame, from L. sesama, from Gk. sesamon (Doric sasamon), from Late Babylonian *shawash-shammu (cf. Assyrian shamash-shammu "sesame," lit. "oil-seed"). First as a magic password in 1785 translation of Galland's "Mille et une nuits," where it opens the door of the thieves' den in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." Phrase open sesame current since about 1826. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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