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Lentil   /lˈɛntəl/   Listen
Lentil

noun
1.
Round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food.
2.
The fruit or seed of a lentil plant.
3.
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.  Synonyms: Lens culinaris, lentil plant.



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"Lentil" Quotes from Famous Books



... sitting down together to their lentil-soup; a large wheaten loaf was in the middle of the table; and a flagon of wine at each end of it promised joy through the stages of the repast: — ...
— A Sentimental Journey • Laurence Sterne


Words linked to "Lentil" :   leguminous plant, legume


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