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chickpea
[ chik-pee ]
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 /
noun
- 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
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Origin of chickpea1
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Example Sentences
The hard-boiled eggs and cans of chickpeas started to add up.
The crumbled spiced chickpeas can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Canned chickpeas are added, and the whole pot is then zapped with a bright burst of aromatics and heat.
Butternut squash adds nutty sweetness to the eggplant spread m’tabbal, for example, while Tamimi turns the street-food chickpea snack balilah into a warm salad topped with Aleppo pepper.
Chickpea flour has traditionally been used in Mediterranean cooking to make carb-rich dishes like socca, a chickpea pancake.
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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