Lens culinaris

Definitions of Lens culinaris
  1. 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
    synonyms: lentil, lentil plant
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    type of:
    legume, leguminous plant
    an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
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