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len⋅til

  [len-til, -tl]
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–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
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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.]
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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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