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单词 lentil
释义

lentil

/ˈlɛnt(ə)l /
noun
1A high-protein pulse which is dried and then soaked and cooked prior to eating.It was on a very savoury bed of lentils which had been cooked with bacon and winter vegetables....
  • You sat on wooden benches and ate lentils and brown rice from wooden bowls.
  • When the lentils are cooked, drain them well and add to the tomato sauce.
2The plant which yields lentils, native to the Mediterranean and Africa and grown also for fodder.
  • Lens culinaris, family Leguminosae.
Settlements began to encourage the growth of plants such as barley and lentils and the domestication of pigs, sheep and goats....
  • Analysis of pollens found in excavations suggest that the earliest vegetal species to be cultivated were pulses - wild peas, lentils, and chick peas.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French lentille, from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lens, lent- 'lentil'.

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