SESAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sesame mean? 

• SESAME (noun)
  The noun SESAME has 1 sense:

1. East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil

  Familiarity information: SESAME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SESAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

benne; benni; benny; sesame; Sesamum indicum

Hypernyms ("sesame" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "sesame"):

benniseed; sesame seed (small oval seeds of the sesame plant)

Holonyms ("sesame" is a member of...):

genus Sesamum; Sesamum (tropical African and Indian herbs)

 Context examples 

“Given how frequently sesame allergy occurs among children who are allergic to other foods, it is important to use caution to the extent possible when exposing these children to sesame.”

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

An adult louse is about the size of a sesame seed.

(Head Lice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Coat colors are pure white, red, sesame and brindle.

(Akita, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine enrolled 48 participants aged 4 to 15 years with confirmed allergy to multiple foods, including milk, egg, wheat, soy, sesame seeds, peanut or tree nuts.

(Omalizumab improves efficacy of oral immunotherapy for multiple food allergies, National Institutes of Health)

Try to replace them with oils such as canola, olive, safflower, sesame, or sunflower.

(Dietary Fats, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Arnebia Indigo Jade Pearl topical cream contains 12 ingredients including 9 herbs infused in sesame oil, with an additional three powdered ingredients and beeswax added to the infused oil to create the salve.

(Arnebia Indigo Jade Pearl Topical Cream, NCI Thesaurus)

Foods high in magnesium include almonds, bananas, beans, broccoli, brown rice, cashews, egg yolk, fish oil, flaxseed, green vegetables, milk, mushrooms, other nuts, oatmeal, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, soybeans, sunflower seeds, sweet corn, tofu, and whole grains (see: Foods, by content of Magnesium, Mg)

(Low Magnesium Levels Make Vitamin D Ineffective, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Sesame is among the 10 most common childhood food allergies.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

Children who recently had had an allergic reaction to sesame or were known to tolerate concentrated sesame, such as tahini, in their diet were not offered an oral food challenge.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

According to the model, children with more than 29.4 kilo international units of sIgE per liter of serum have a greater than 50% chance of being allergic to sesame.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)