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simsim
Arabic · ancient
"the sesame seed"
the name for the small oil-rich seed, ultimately from an older Semitic root
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sesamum
Latin/Greek · ancient
"the sesame seed"
adopted through Greek into Latin for the same seed
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sesame
English · 1500s
"a small oil-rich edible seed"
settled as the English word for the oil-rich seed
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