Sesame

ses′a-mē, n. an annual herbaceous plant of Southern Asia, whose seed yields the valuable gingili-oil .— adjs. Ses′amoid , -al , denoting certain small bones found in the substance of the tendons at the articulations of the great toes, and in other parts of the body.— n. Ses′amum , the genus to which sesame belongs.— Open sesame , the charm by which the door of the robbers' cave flew open in the tale of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' in the Arabian Nights . [Fr.,—L.,—Gr.]