HyperDic: lens_culinaris

English > 1 sense of the expression Lens culinaris:
NOUNplantLens culinaris, lentil, lentil plantwidely 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
English > Lens culinaris: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningWidely 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.
Synonymslentil, lentil plant
Partslentilround flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
lentilThe fruit or seed of a lentil plant
Broaderlegume, leguminous plantAn erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Spanishlens culinaris, lenteja
Catalanlens culinaris, llentia, llentilla

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