lentil
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lentil/ˈlentl/
▶noun
- 1 a high-protein pulse which is dried and then soaked and cooked prior to eating.
- 2 the plant which yields lentils, native to the Mediterranean and Africa. [Lens culinaris.]
– origin ME: from OFr. lentille, from L. lenticula, dimin. of lens, lent- ‘lentil’.
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