(in Southern U.S., esp. South Carolina, and Bahamian English)
the sesame plant or its seeds
Also: benny
Word origin
[1760–70, Amer.; ‹ Wolof, Malinke bene]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boutique, broadcast, letdown, lockup, right of way