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  1. The winged bean

    Tastes like string beans. Has almost as much protein as soybeans. The leaves are edible. The roots are edible and similar to potatoes.

    youtube.com/watch?v=By-Zmk49M-0

    #VeganFood #Soy #SoyFree #SoyBeans #Nutrition #Vegan #Legumes #Legume #Bean #Beans

  2. Interestingly, the Slavic root, *lęťa, gained popularity beyond Non-Slavic-speaking people, like Hungarians (Lencse) and Latvians (lēca), which was later adopted by Estonians. This is just one example of the many linguistic borrowings shown on the map: French lentille to English lentil, Swedish lins to Finnish linssi, and Old Armenian ոսպն (ospn) to Georgian ოსპი (osṗi).

    mapologies.com/legumes/

    #lentils #etymologymap #mapolgies #language #etymology #legume #lens #latin