How many syllables in sesame?

There are 3 syllables in the word sesame.

How to pronounce sesame:

sesame (noun):: its small seeds used especially as a source of oil and a flavoring agent; East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil.; a widely cultivated chiefly tropical or subtropical annual erect herb (sesamum indicum of the family pedaliaceae)

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