Back ምስ'ር Amharic Lens culinaris AN عدس Arabic عتس ARZ ТӀипало AV مرجیمک (نؤوع) AZB Сачавіца харчовая Byelorussian Леща Bulgarian মসুর ডাল Bengali/Bangla སྲན་ལེབ་ཆུང་ངུ། Tibetan
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| Species: | L. culinaris
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| Lens culinaris Medikus
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The lentil or daal or pulse (Lens culinaris) is a bushy annual plant of the legume family. It is a kind of vegetable, grown for its lens-shaped seeds. It is about 15 inches tall and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each.