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Benne

The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sesame 92% connected

Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the sm…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Angiosperm noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Annual noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apophysis noun · 86% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 86% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…

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Blister noun · 86% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 86% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…

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Coma noun · 86% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Corolla noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 86% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Embryo noun · 86% connection

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Fern noun · 86% connection

any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by s…

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Flowering plant noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Germ tube noun · 86% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Leaf node noun · 86% connection

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

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Ligule noun · 86% connection

(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap

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Lip noun · 86% connection

(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

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-art unknown · 78% connection

The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of Germ…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Araucaria noun · 78% connection

A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ fro…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Begonia noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-side…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Broom rape unknown · 78% connection

A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spik…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Camellia noun · 78% connection

An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Chickpea noun · 78% connection

Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Cod noun · 78% connection

the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Colocynth noun · 78% connection

The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermel…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Galbanum noun · 78% connection

A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Afri…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Gram noun · 78% connection

The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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Gymnosperm noun · 78% connection

A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: name, plants, sesamum, orientale, indicum.
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