LENTIL

lentil

(noun) round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food

lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris

(noun) 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

lentil

(noun) the fruit or seed of a lentil plant

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

lentil (plural lentils)

Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.

The seed of these plants, used as food.

Anagrams

• Lintel, lintel, tellin, tellin'

Source: Wiktionary

Len"til, n. Etym: [F. lentille, fr. L. lenticula, dim. of lens, lentis, lentil. Cf. Lens.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition