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As a noun, lentil means any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
Meanings of lentil
5 meaningsnoun
Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
The seed of these plants, used as food.
“make a lentil stew”
“a lentil salad”
Round flat seed of the lentil plant used for foodfood
The fruit or seed of a lentil plantplant
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 fodderplant
Similar: lentil plant, Lens culinaris
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