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 Definitions of lentil  [ˈlɛn tɪl, -tl]  

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Definition of 'lentil' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lentil
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.

2.  lentil
the seed itself.

Etymology:  (1200–50; < OF lentille < VL *lentīcula for L lenticula. See lenticel)

Definition of 'lentil' Princeton's WordNet 

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

2. (noun) lentil
the fruit or seed of a lentil plant

3. (noun) 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


Definition of 'lentil' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) lentil
a seed used in cooking
lentil soup


Definition of 'lentil' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) lentil
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


Translation of 'lentil' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the small orange or green seed of a pod-bearing plant, used in soups etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: lensie Arabic flag Arabic: نبات العَدَس، حب العَدَس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: леща
Brazilian flag Brazilian: lentilha Czech flag Czech: čočka German flag German: die Linse
Danish flag Danish: linse Greek flag Greek: φακή Spanish flag Spanish: lenteja
Estonian flag Estonian: lääts Farsi flag Farsi: عدس Finnish flag Finnish: linssi
French flag French: lentille Hebrew flag Hebrew: עֲדָשָׁה Hindi flag Hindi: दाल मूंग, मसूर इत्यादि
Croatian flag Croatian: leća Hungarian flag Hungarian: lencse Indonesian flag Indonesian: biji kacang-kacangan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: linsubaun Italian flag Italian: lenticchia Japanese flag Japanese: レンズ豆
Korean flag Korean: 렌즈콩 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: lęšis Latvian flag Latvian: lēca
Malay flag Malay: lentil Dutch flag Dutch: linze Norwegian flag Norwegian: linse
Polish flag Polish: soczewica Persian flag Persian: عدس Pashto flag Pashto: عدس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: lentilha Romanian flag Romanian: linte Russian flag Russian: чечевица
Slovak flag Slovak: šošovica Slovenian flag Slovenian: leča Serbian flag Serbian: sočivo
Swedish flag Swedish: lins Thai flag Thai: พืชตระกูลถั่วชนิดหนึ่ง Turkish flag Turkish: mercimek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 小扁豆 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сочевиця Urdu flag Urdu: مسور کی دال
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cây đậu lãng Chinese flag Chinese: 小扁豆

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