Lens

See also: lens, lēns, and Lëns

Translingual

Lens culinaris

Etymology

Latin lens (“a lentil bean”)

Proper noun

Lens f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – lentils.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Fabeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lens lamottei - type species; Lens culinaris, Lens ervoides, Lens nigricans - other species

Further reading

• Lens (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lens culinaris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lens at Plants of the World Online
• Lens at Tropicos
• Lens at Germplasm Resources Information Network

English

Proper noun

Lens

1. A municipality in Hainaut, Belgium.
2. A commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
3. A municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland.

Dutch

Proper noun

Lens

1. a surname

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃s/

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Proper noun

Lens m

1. a city in, and the capital of, the French department Pas-de-Calais

Derived terms

• lensois
• Lensois

Anagrams

• SNLE