n. [ Malay bijen. ] (Bot.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and Sesamum indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called
n. [ F. benoîte, fr. L. benedicta, fem. of benedictus, p. p., blessed. See Benedict, a. ] (Bot.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. an order of fossil gymnospermous plans of the Carboniferous.
n. the type genus of the Bennettitales.
n. an East Indian annual erect herb (Sesamum indicum); the source of
n. a slang name for Benzedrine, a trademark for one brand of amphetamine; -- also used generically for any brand of amphetamine. [ slang ]
n. the small oval seed of the sesame plant.
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