A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday; Also called: Lententide.
In the Christian church, the 40-day period of fasting that precedes Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday, but omitting Sundays.
It is a time of reflection and repentance, and commemorates the 40 days that Jesus is said to have spent fasting in the desert before beginning the public ministry.

Lento

Becoming slower — used as a direction in music

ETYM From Old Eng. lenten lent. Related to Lent.
Of or relating to or suitable for Lent.

Slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green; SYN. black hellebore, Helleborus orientalis.

Carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia; Pinguicula; Genlisea; Also called: family Lentibulariaceae, bladderwort family.

Associated with standing water; pertaining to or living in still water.

Small pore on the stems of woody plants or the trunks of trees. Lenticels are means of gas exchange between the stem interior and the atmosphere. They consist of loosely packed cells with many air spaces in between, and are easily seen on smooth-barked trees such as cherries, where they form horizontal lines on the trunk.

ETYM Latin lenticularis: cf. French lenticulaire. Related to Lenticel.
Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
Shaped like lentil or convexo-convex lens.

1. Any of the minute lenses on the base side of a film used in stereoscopic or color photography
2. Any of the tiny corrugations or grooves molded or embossed into the surface of a projection screen