Lens culinaris meaning

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Lens culinaris (noun): 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.

Definition of Lens culinaris

  1. 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

    Synonyms: lentil, lentil plant

    Type of: legume

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