Til seed

Til seed
Til seed Til seed (t[i^]l; t[=e]l). (a) The seed of sesame. (b) The seed of an African asteraceous plant ({Guizotia abyssinica}), yielding a bland fixed oil used in medicine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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