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len⋅til

[len-til, -tl]
–noun
1. a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
2. the seed itself.

Origin:
1200–50; ME < OF lentille < VL *lentīcula for L lenticula. See lenticle
len·til   (lěn'təl)   
n.  
  1. A leguminous plant (Lens culinaris) native to southwest Asia, having flat pods containing lens-shaped, edible seeds.
  2. The round, flattened seed of this plant.

[Middle English, from Old French lentille, from Vulgar Latin *lentīcula, from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns, lent-, lentil.]

Lentil

Len"til\ (l[e^]n"t[i^]l), n. [F. lentille, fr. L. lenticula, dim. of lens, lentis, lentil. Cf. Lens.] (Bot.) 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.

Note: The lentil of the Scriptures probably included several other vetchlike plants.

Lentil shell (Zo["o]l.), a small bivalve shell of the genus Ervillia, family Tellinid[ae].
Language Translation for : lentil
Spanish: lenteja,
German: die Linse,
Japanese: レンズ豆

lentil 
c.1250, from O.Fr. lentille, from V.L. *lenticula, dim. of L. lens (gen. lentis) "lentil," cognate with Gk. lathyros, O.C.S. lesta.
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