(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, Syn.lentil plant, Lens culinaris
n. [ F. lentille, fr. L. lenticula, dim. of lens, lentis, lentil. Cf. Lens. ] (Bot.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The lentil of the Scriptures probably included several other vetchlike plants. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lentil shell (Zool.), a small bivalve shell of the genus Ervillia, family Tellinidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]
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