"lentils" in the noun sense
1. lentil
round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
2. lentil
the fruit or seed of a lentil plant
3. 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
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