NOUN | food | lentil | round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food |
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plant | lentil | the fruit or seed of a lentil plant | |
plant | lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris | 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 |
Sounds | leh'ntahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food. | |
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Part of | lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris | 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 |
Broader | legume | The seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) |
Spanish | lenteja | |
Catalan | llentia, llentilla |
Meaning | The fruit or seed of a lentil plant. | |
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Part of | lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris | 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 |
Broader | legume | The fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case |
Spanish | lenteja |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | lentil plant, Lens culinaris | |
Parts | lentil | round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food |
lentil | The fruit or seed of a lentil plant | |
Broader | legume, leguminous plant | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae |
Spanish | lens culinaris, lenteja | |
Catalan | lens culinaris, llentia, llentilla |
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