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chickpea

[ 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.


chickpea

/ ˈtʃɪkˌpiː /

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chickpea1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chickpea1

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

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Example Sentences

The hard-boiled eggs and cans of chickpeas started to add up.

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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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