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sesame oil

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. sesame oil (noun)
  2. German sesame oil (noun)

sesame oil

noun

Definition of SESAME OIL

: a pale yellow bland semidrying fatty oil obtained from sesame seeds and used chiefly as an edible oil, as a vehicle for various pharmaceuticals, and in cosmetics and soaps

First Known Use of SESAME OIL

1870

Rhymes with SESAME OIL

canola oil, coconut oil, cod-liver oil, cottonseed oil, essential oil, induction coil, residual oil, sandalwood oil, tropical oil, vegetable oil, volatile oil, water milfoil

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