How to pronounce pulse

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What pulse means

noun

Most people know pulse in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

Peas, beans or lentils eaten as dried seeds

In a sentence: Dried pulse such as split peas and lentils keeps for months in a jar.

Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin puls, a thick porridge, which probably came from a Greek word for porridge. It is a different word from the pulse of the heart, which comes from the Latin pulsus, a beat.

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