| 单词 | oily-grain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoily-grain oily-grain n. now rare the sesame plant, Sesamum indicum, or its seed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > sesame plant or seed sesamec1440 gingellya1544 sesamum1577 sergelim1588 sesamine1607 oily corn1671 purging grain1688 oily-grain1753 vanglo1756 benne1769 sesamus1813 til1840 sim-sim1917 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Oily-grain, the name by which some call the Sessamum of botanical authors. 1863 R. Fortune Visits Japan & China xiii. 207 The natives are..planting the summer crops... These consist of soy and other beans,..hill-rice, and oily grain (Sesamum orientale). 1964 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 49 119 In consequence of this property the plant [sesame] was beginning to be called ‘oily-grain,’ and it was recurrently to become the subject of interest in America. < as lemmas |
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