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chick-pea

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chick⋅pea

[chik-pee]
–noun
1. Also called garbanzo. a widely cultivated plant, Cicer arietinum, of the legume family, bearing pods containing pealike seeds.
2. the seeds of this plant, used extensively as a food.

Origin:
1540–50; alter. of chich-pea, equiv. to late ME chiche (< MF ≪ L cicer chickpea) + pea
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Main Entry:  chick-pea
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See ceci bean
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