genus lens

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

   SynonymsLens

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofPapilionoideae

Questions about genus lens

What does genus lens mean?

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

What is another word for genus lens?

Close synonyms include Lens. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus lens a common word?

genus lens is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.