Home › Words › S › sesamumsesamumsesamum means sesame.EtymologyUnadapted borrowing from Latin sēsamum. Doublet of sesame.nounsesameDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.til 78% match — until, till vs sesamum →sesame 78% match — A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil. vs sesamum →teelseed 78% match — sesame seed vs sesamum →benniseed 76% match — Sesame. vs sesamum →beniseed 74% match — sesame (Sesamum radiatum) vs sesamum →vanglo 73% match — Sesamum indicum, the sesame plant. vs sesamum →gingelly 70% match — The sesame plant. vs sesamum →benne 69% match — Sesame. vs sesamum →