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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sesame has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

sesamen. [L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. , : cf. F. sésame.].
     Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne.  [1913 Webster]
Open Sesame, 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. -- Sesame grass. (Bot.) Same as Gama grass.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sesame, n. Bot.
1 an E. Indian herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, with seeds used as food and yielding an edible oil.
2 its seeds.

Idiom
open sesame a means of acquiring or achieving what is normally unattainable (from the magic words used in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments).
Etymology
L sesamum f. Gk sesamon, sesame
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