Definition of Benni

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

Exact synonyms: Benne, Benny, Sesame, Sesamum Indicum
Terms within: Benniseed, Sesame Seed
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Sesamum, Sesamum

Definition of Benni

1. benne [n -S] - See also: benne

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benni

benj
benjaminite
benjamins
benjes
benk
benks
benleonardite
benmost
benmoxin
benne
benne oil
bennes
bennet
bennets
bennett fracture
benni (current term)
bennie
bennies
bennis
benniseed
benomyl
benomyls
benorth
benote
benothing
benow
benoxaprofen
benproperine

Literary usage of Benni

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"The passage from the golden Coast to the King- dome of benni, or Rio de benni, and Rio Floreado : The Citie, Court, Gentry, Apparell: also other places ..."

2. Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"The passage from the golden Coast to the King- dome of benni, or Rio de benni, and Rio Floreado : The Citie, Court, Gentry, Apparell: also other places ..."

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