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