n. [ L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. F. sésame. ] (Bot.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus
Open Sesame,
Sesame grass. (Bot.)
a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; like sesame; &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; sesame +
Sesamoid bones,
Sesamoid cartilages
n. (Anat.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Sesamoid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. Ar. saisabān, seisebān, a kind of tree, fr. Per. sīsabān seed of cinquefoil. ] (Bot.) A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The name is applied also to the similar plant, Sesbania Aegyptiaca, and other species of the same genus. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ L., one half more, one and a half. ] (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical;
☞ Sesquidupli- is sometimes, but rarely, used in the same manner to denote the proportions of two and a half to one, or rather of five to two. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Sesquialteral. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sesquialteral ratio (Math.),
a. Sesquialteral. [ 1913 Webster ]