Lentil Definition

lĕntəl
noun
An Old World plant (Lens culinaris) of the pea family with small, edible seeds shaped like biconvex lenses.
Webster's New World
The seed of this plant.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Lentil

Noun

Singular:
lentil
Plural:
lentils

Origin of Lentil

  • From Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lÄ“ns, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by German Linse and Ancient Greek λάθυρος (lathuros).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French lentille from Vulgar Latin lentīcula from Latin lenticula diminutive of lēns lent- lentil

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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