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nounwidely 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
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nounround flat seed of the lentil plant used for foodtype of:part of:
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nounthe fruit or seed of a lentil planttype of:part of:
Definition that contains lentil
- pulse edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)
- lens genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
- lentil the fruit or seed of a lentil plant
- lentil round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
- biconvex convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil
- lenticular convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil
- genus lens genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
- legume the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
- lentiform convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil
- lentil soup made of stock and lentils with onions carrots and celery