lentil
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tɪl, -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; Middle English < Old French lentille < Vulgar Latin *lentīcula for Latin lenticula. See lenticle
1200–50; Middle English < Old French lentille < Vulgar Latin *lentīcula for Latin lenticula. See lenticle
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| —n | |
| 1. | a small annual leguminous plant, Lens culinaris, of the Mediterranean region and W Asia, having edible brownish convex seeds |
| 2. | any of the seeds of this plant, which are cooked and eaten as a vegetable, in soups, etc |
| [C13: from Old French lentille, from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns lentil] | |
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Word Origin & History
lentil
mid-13c., 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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Example sentences
Application of biotechnology in breeding lentil for resistance to biotic and abiotic stress.
Fun items on offer include fried lentil donuts and crispy vegetable samosas.
Most had scattered some cotton or lentil seed after the rain.
Evidence for environmental induction of the slashed-pod trait in lentil.
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