sesame grass

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sesame grass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gama grass \Ga"ma grass`\ [From Gama, a cluster of the Maldive
     Islands.] (Bot.)
     A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and
     exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies,
     Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage
     grass; -- called also sesame grass.
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  Sesame \Ses"a*me\, n. [L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. ????, ???: cf. F.
     s['e]same.] (Bot.)
     Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum
     (Sesamum Indicum, and Sesamum orientale), from the seeds
     of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate,
     flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See
     Benne.
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     Open Sesame, the magical command which opened the door of
        the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' tale of "The Forty
        Thieves;" hence, a magical password.
  
     Sesame grass. (Bot.) Same as Gama grass.
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