Lentil

Morpheme

Lentil

Type

free base

Denotation

plant with edible lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods

Etymology

Middle English lentile; Old French lentille; Latin lenticula, from lēns + -cula

Evidence

lentil, lentilist, lentils

Notes

<l> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

See Also

Lens, Lent, Lenticel(l) [Lenticel, Lenticell]