GENUS LENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lens mean? 

• GENUS LENS (noun)
  The noun GENUS LENS has 1 sense:

1. genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

  Familiarity information: GENUS LENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LENS (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lens; Lens

Hypernyms ("genus Lens" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Holonyms ("genus Lens" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)