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lentil /ˈlɛnt(ə)l /noun1A high-protein pulse which is dried and then soaked and cooked prior to eating.It was on a very savoury bed of lentils which had been cooked with bacon and winter vegetables....- You sat on wooden benches and ate lentils and brown rice from wooden bowls.
- When the lentils are cooked, drain them well and add to the tomato sauce.
2The plant which yields lentils, native to the Mediterranean and Africa and grown also for fodder.- Lens culinaris, family Leguminosae.
Settlements began to encourage the growth of plants such as barley and lentils and the domestication of pigs, sheep and goats....- Analysis of pollens found in excavations suggest that the earliest vegetal species to be cultivated were pulses - wild peas, lentils, and chick peas.
Origin Middle English: from Old French lentille, from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lens, lent- 'lentil'. Rhymes dentil, ventil |