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lentiform |
lentiform nucleus |
lentiginose |
lentiginous |
lentigo |
Lentil
| lentil plant
| lentil soup
| lentinus
| lentinus edodes
| lentinus lepideus
Lentil
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Lentil has 3 senses
- lentil(n = noun.food) Array - round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food; Array is a kind of legume
- lentil(n = noun.plant) Array - the fruit or seed of a lentil plant; Array is a kind of legume
- lentil(n = noun.plant) lens culinaris, lentil plant - widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder; Array has parts: lentil, lentil
is a part of lens culinaris, lentil, lentil plant
is a part of lens culinaris, lentil, lentil plant
is a kind of legume, leguminous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
Lentil, n. [F. lentille, fr. L. lenticula, dim. of lens, lentis, lentil. Cf. Lens.].
A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens ), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent. [1913 Webster]
" The lentil of the Scriptures probably included several other vetchlike plants."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Lentil, n.
1 a leguminous plant, Lens culinaris, yielding edible biconvex seeds.
2 this seed, esp. used as food with the husk removed.
1 a leguminous plant, Lens culinaris, yielding edible biconvex seeds.
2 this seed, esp. used as food with the husk removed.
Etymology
ME f. OF lentille f. L lenticula (as LENS)
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