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Puy lentil

Puy lentil noun: a green lentil of the variety Lens esculenta puyensis.

puy lentil: a green lentil of the variety Lens esculenta puyensis
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Noun

Puy lentil (plural Puy lentils)

  1. A green lentil of the variety Lens esculenta puyensis.
    • Combined with the high altitude of the valley, this creates the perfect conditions to grow the delicate Puy lentil. Due to these unique growing conditions, the lentil has its own protected designation of origin status – which means that, to use the name ‘Puy lentil’, the product must be grown...2018, Merchant Gourmet, The Pulses & Grains Cookbook: Deliciously nutritious recipes for every day, with lentils, grains, seeds and chestnuts, Hardie Grant Publishing, →ISBN

Forms of Puy lentil

pluralPuy lentils
alternative formLe Puy lentil
alternative formLe Puy green lentil

Questions about Puy lentil

What does Puy lentil mean?
Puy lentil means a green lentil of the variety Lens esculenta puyensis.
What part of speech is Puy lentil?
Puy lentil is a noun.
What is the plural of Puy lentil?
The plural of Puy lentil is Puy lentils.

Words near Puy lentil in the dictionary

  1. Puxton
  2. puxy
  3. puy
  4. Puy de Dôme
  5. Puy de Sancy
  6. Puy lentil
  7. Puy lentils
  8. Puy-de-Dôme
  9. puya
  10. Puyallup
  11. Puyallups

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