Thesaurus: lentil

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1. n. 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.
2. n. round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
3. n. the fruit or seed of a lentil plant
4. n. widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
5. 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 (Zoöl.), a small bivalve shell of the genus Ervillia, family Tellinidæ.
6. A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of smallsize, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is usedfor food on the continent.
7. n. round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food n. the fruit or seed of a lentil plant n. widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder