单词 | benne |
释义 | bennen. Sesame, the plant Sesamum indicum. Chiefly attributive, as benne-oil, benne-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 1769 in Early Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1884) 44 On cutting & gathering the Bene seed. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 130 The negroes use it as food either raw, toasted, or boiled in their soups and are very fond of it; they call it Benni. 1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Benne oil. 1874 F. A. Flückiger & D. Hanbury Pharmacographia 425 Oleum Sesami. Sesamé Oil, Gingeli,..Tii or Teel Oil, Benné Oil. 1885 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. I. 487/1 The Benné plant is a native of Africa, and probably also of Asia. 1885 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. I. 487/2 The leaves of Benné are very mild and mucilaginous. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 50 Beni-seed (Sesamum indicum). 1941 Notes & Queries 181 204/2 Some ten years or so ago, Sierra Leone began to include benniseed among its exports. 1960 Times 29 Sept. (Nigeria No.) x/6 Benniseed and soya beans are grown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1769 |
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