lentil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lentil	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lentil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lentil n round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food the fruit or seed of a lentil plant 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 Synonym(s): lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lentil \Len"til\ (l[ecr]n"t[icr]l), n. [F. lentille, fr. L. lenticula, dim. of lens, lentis, lentil. Cf. {Lens}.] (Bot.) 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} (Zo[94]l.), a small bivalve shell of the genus {Ervillia}, family {Tellinid[91]}.