lentil

Significado (Inglés)

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
  2. The seed of these plants, used as food.
  3. A small chocolate candy in an edible shell.

Conceptos

lens culinaris

llentilla

llentia

Sinónimos

lentil plant

Lens culinaris

electron lens

lens system

lense

Frecuencia

37k
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈlɛntəl/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns, from a pre-Indo-European substrate source shared by German Linse, Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros) and Lithuanian lęšis. Doublet of lenticula.

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