lens culinaris

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lens culinaris - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Lens culinaris
      n 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
           [syn: lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris]