lentils
- plural of lentil.
Example Sentences
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Lentils currently cultivated in the Canary Islands have an unbroken local history that reaches back nearly 2,000 years.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
Lentils contain non-heme iron, which is poorly absorbed unless accompanied by food containing vitamin C, all of which the physician left unsaid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
Lentils are eaten in Italy after midnight on New Year's Eve, with their coin-like shape nodding to luck and prosperity.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2020
Lentils do in fact have a lot going for them, including being packed with protein, cheap and nonperishable.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2020
Lentils are a small leguminous seed, not so generally known as beans, but an excellent nitrogenous food, containing about 25 per cent. protein, more than 50 per cent. starch, with over 2 per cent. fat.
From The Story of Crisco by Neil, Marion Harris
