chickpea
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.
Origin of chickpea
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How to use chickpea in a sentence
The chick-pea has not been found in the lake-dwellings of Switzerland, Savoy, and Italy.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De CandolleThe roasted chick-pea is also used as a substitute for coffee.
The Laurel Health Cookery | Evora Bucknum PerkinsThe chick-pea, as found by experiment, can be parched over coals in a few moments and thus be made edible.
The Laurel Health Cookery | Evora Bucknum PerkinsThe gram, or chick-pea, and various kinds of pea and vetch are grown intermixed with the wheat.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official | William SleemanParched gram, or chick-pea, is commonly used by Indian travellers as a convenient and readily portable form of food.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official | William Sleeman
British Dictionary definitions for chickpea
/ (ˈtʃɪkˌpiː) /
a bushy leguminous plant, Cicer arietinum, cultivated for its edible pealike seeds in the Mediterranean region, central Asia, and Africa
Also called: garbanzo the seed of this plant
Origin of chickpea
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