Chickpea

Raw chickpeas in paper bag on wooden background. Healthy food
Synonyms:
Garbanzo, Bengal Gram
Categories: Medicinal Plant
Chickpea (Wiktionary)

English

Alternative forms

  • chick pea

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪkˌpiː/
  • Hyphenation: chick‧pea

Noun

chickpea (plural chickpeas)

  1. An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
    Synonyms: Bengal gram,
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