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chick·pea
(chĭk′pē′)n.
1. An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
2. A seed of this plant. In both senses also called garbanzo.
[Alteration (perhaps influenced by chick) of obsolete chichpease : Middle English chiche, chickpea (from Old French, from Latin cicer; akin to Armenian siseṙn, both Latin and Armenian being loanwords from an unknown source) + pease, pea; see pea.]
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chickpea
(ˈtʃɪkˌpiː)n
1. (Plants) a bushy leguminous plant, Cicer arietinum, cultivated for its edible pealike seeds in the Mediterranean region, central Asia, and Africa
2. (Cookery) Also called: garbanzo the seed of this plant
[C16 ciche peasen, from ciche (from French chiche, from Latin cicer chickpea) + peasen; see pea]
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chick•pea
(ˈtʃɪkˌpi)n.
1. a plant, Cicer arietinum, of the legume family, bearing pods containing pealike seeds.
2. chickpeas, the seeds of this plant, used as a food.
Also called garbanzo. [1540–50; chich-pea < late Middle English chiche < Middle French « Latin cicer chickpea]
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| Noun | 1. | chickpea - the seed of the chickpea plant legume - the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case chickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea - Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds |
| 2. | chickpea - Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae | |
| 3. | chickpea - large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried legume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) chickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea - Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds |
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Translations
cizrna
kikært
kikherne
slanutak
csicseriborsó
ヒヨコマメ
병아리콩
kikärta
đậu xanh
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chickpea
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