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the annual herb Sesamum indicum ( = S. Orientale) of Pedaliaceae family; sesame plant.
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its oil-yielding seeds; sesame; gingelly.
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the plant Pedalium murex (=P. indica, = P. prostratum) of Pedaliaceae family; wild sesame.
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a mixture of sesame, sugar (candy) or pieces of jaggery, bits of copra, and groundnut seeds that is distributed on the occasion of harvest festival Makara Sankrānti which normally falls on the 14th of January every year.
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ಎಳ್ಳಷ್ಟು eḷḷaṣṭu = ಎಳ್ಳಿನಷ್ಟು; ಎಳ್ಳಿನಷ್ಟು eḷḷinaṣṭu minute; very small; negligibly small; ಎಳ್ಳು ಬೀರು eḷḷu bīru to distribute the mixture of sesame, sugar (candy) or pieces of jaggery, bits of copra, and groundnut seeds on the occasion of harvest festival Makara Sankrānti which normally falls on the 14th of January every year; ಎಳ್ಳು ನೀರು ಬಿಡು eḷḷu nīru biḍu to give oblations to the dead; 2. (fig.) to abandon, sever the relation (with a person); 3. (fig.) to give up the hope (of getting back from a person the amount, thing etc. lent to him or her); ಎಳ್ಳು ನೀರೆರೆ(ಱೆ) eḷḷu nīrere(ṛe) = ಎಳ್ಳು ನೀರು ಬಿಡು.