sesamum

English Thesaurus

1. tropical African and Indian herbs (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	plant genus,
definition	:	a genus of plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	benne, benni, benny, sesame, sesamum indicum,
definition	:	East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family pedaliaceae, pedaliaceae, sesame family,
definition	:	the family of plants of order Polemoniales (noun.plant)