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Noun: lentil plant
  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
    "lentil plants are a staple food in many Middle Eastern cuisines";
    - lentil, Lens culinaris

Derived forms: lentil plants

Type of: legume, leguminous plant