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BENNISEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does benniseed mean?
• BENNISEED (noun)
The noun BENNISEED has 1 sense:
1. small oval seeds of the sesame plant
Familiarity information: BENNISEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small oval seeds of the sesame plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
benniseed; sesame seed
Hypernyms ("benniseed" is a kind of...):
flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)
Meronyms (substance of "benniseed"):
sesame oil (oil obtained from sesame seeds)
Holonyms ("benniseed" is a part of...):
benne; benni; benny; sesame; Sesamum indicum (East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil)
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