- A tropical Asian plant(Sesamum indicum) bearing small, flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil. 芝麻：一种热带的亚洲植物（胡麻 胡麻属） ，结可食用或炼油的小的扁平种籽
- The seed of this plant. Also called til 1芝麻：芝麻的种子 也作 til1
- Middle English sisamie 中古英语 sisamie
- from Latin sēsamum 源自 拉丁语 sēsamum
- from Greek sēsamē, sēsamon 源自 希腊语 sēsamē, sēsamon
- [of Semitic origin] ; akin to Akkadian šamaššamu [闪米特起源] ；类似于 阿卡德语 šamaššamu