Sesame - Botany. 1  Sesame is an annual plant growing 50 to 100 cm (1.6 to 3.3 ft) tall, with opposite leaves 4 to 14 cm (1.6 to 5.5 in) long with an entire margin; they are broad lanceolate, to 5 cm (2 in) broad, at the base of the plant, narrowing to just 1 cm (0.4 in) broad on the flowering stem.
Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other items for which sturdiness is required. It is also popularly used by artists as a painting surface, typically stretched across a wooden frame.
Shown here is #2 Cotton Canvas, notice how thick it is..... Heavy Duty Cotton canvas is also called Number Duck because the size of the fibers corresponded to an antiquated sizing system of spinning cotton into cotton yarn for making fabric. The number system stuck through the years, but to be more precise, cotton canvas is gauged by weight per square yard.