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Definition of Benne
1. Noun. East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil.
Terms within: Benniseed, Sesame Seed
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Sesamum, Sesamum
Definition of Benne
1. n. The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.
Definition of Benne
1. the sesame plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Benne
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Benne
Literary usage of Benne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1862)
"In the year 1860 when benne Oil was proposed as a subject for investigation,
there was a prospect of its becoming a valuable article of production in the ..."
2. Old English Homilies of the Twelfth Century: From the Unique Ms. B. 14. 52 by Richard Morris (1873)
"Ure left eare we ditte¥ mid ure ws close after ende. benne we ... and drinke¥ a
draht swo michel bai heo chine¥, and benne ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"On the contrary, they had always been driven northwards to the benne by the
hostility of the natives. Under these critical circumstances it was of the ..."
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