sesame oil

sesame oil
sesame oil n 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 called also benne oil, teel oil

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[NF] the refined fixed oil obtained from the seed of Sesamum indicum; it is used as a solvent and oleaginous vehicle for drugs.

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