simsim

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noun

Synonym of sesame.

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sesame
OriginArabic سِمْسِم →
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Meanings

simsim1

nounsimsim (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSynonym of sesame.

    He(Ali Baba) then went to the door and saying, "Open, O Simsim!" he pushed in and beheld the dead lich of Kasim, …

    1882-1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Alaeddin; Or, The Wonderful Lamp
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    The residents mainly cultivate food crops (maize, rice, sweet potatoes and beans) and cash crops (tobacco, groundnuts, simsim and sunflower).

    2015 August 8, Justine A. Assenga et al., “Epidemiology of Brucella infection in the human, livestock and wildlife interface in the Katavi-Rukwa ecosystem, Tanzania”, in BMC Veterinary Research, volume 11, →DOI

    Synonyms: sesame

Simsim2

proper noun

alternative Semsem · alternative Sumsum

  1. A former village in what is now Israel.

Simsim3

proper noun

alternative Semsem · alternative Sumsum

  1. A medieval Chechen state in the northern Caucasus region.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of sesame.

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sesame

Origin

  1. Arabicسِمْسِم
  2. EnglishSimsim

From Arabic سِمْسِم (simsim).

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APA

simsim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simsim

MLA

“simsim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simsim. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “simsim,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simsim.

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