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Lentils

Lens

A lens is a transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (elements), usually arranged along a common axis. Lenses are made from materials such as glass or plastic and are ground, polished, or molded to the required shape. A lens can focus light to form an image, unlike a...

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4 branches of this group, most-observed first

lentil

speciesVicia lens

Eastern Wild Lentil

speciesVicia orientalis

Vicia lentoides

speciesVicia lentoides

Dwarf Lentil

speciesVicia lenticula

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Lentils in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.597

Lentils in Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 96)

Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 96)

王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.62

Lentils in Latin Herbal

Latin Herbal

1484 · p.31

Lentils in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 5 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 5 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.14

Lentils in Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)

Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)

Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.285

Lentils in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.596

Lentils in Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.278

Lentils in On the Virtues of Herbs

On the Virtues of Herbs

Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.43

Lentils in On the Virtues of Herbs

On the Virtues of Herbs

Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.60

Lentils in Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)

1486 · p.29

Lentils in The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation

The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation

Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.219

Lentils in The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation

The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation

Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.121

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1675945.