na. | 1. rise joint by joint like sesame flowers on the stem; be like sesame in bloom, each flower grows higher than the last; shoot up higher and higher like sesame flowers; sesame stalks putting forth flowers notch by notch, higher and highter -- (of living standards, etc.) rising steadily; (of living standards, etc.) rise steadiy like sesame flowers growing notch by notch on the stalk. |
