chickpea

[ chik-pee ]

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noun

Also called garbanzo. a widely cultivated plant, Cicer arietinum, of the legume family, bearing pods containing pealike seeds.
the seeds of this plant, used extensively as a food.

chickpea

/ ˈtʃɪkˌpiː /

a bushy leguminous plant, Cicer arietinum, cultivated for its edible pealike seeds in the Mediterranean region, central Asia, and Africa
Also calledgarbanzo the seed of this plant

1540–50; alteration of chich-pea, equivalent to late Middle English chiche (< Middle French ≪ Latin cicer chickpea) + pea ¹

C16 ciche peasen, from ciche (from French chiche, from Latin cicer chickpea) + peasen; see pea

Passerini found traces of boron in the stems of chickpea plants, while in 1892 Brand determined boric acid in the ash of beer.

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