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lentil

[len-til, -tl] Origin

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; Middle English < Old French lentille < Vulgar Latin *lentīcula for Latin lenticula. See lenticle
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lentil (ˈlɛntɪl)
 
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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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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