Chickpea

//ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
  2. 2
    large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried wordnet
  3. 3
    A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

    "Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content."

  4. 4
    Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds wordnet
  5. 5
    the seed of the chickpea plant wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
garbanzobengal gramchickpea plantcicer arietinumegyptian peagarbanzo bean

Example

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"The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization is giving emergency supplies of wheat, teff and chickpea seed to 20,000 farming households affected by the conflict, OCHA said."

Etymology

Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).

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