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[chik-pee] | 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. |
| chick·pea (chĭk'pē') n. In both senses also called garbanzo.
[Obsolete chichpease : Middle English chiche, chickpea (from Old French, from Latin cicer) + pease, pea; see pea.] |
| gar·ban·zo (gär-bän'zō) n. pl. gar·ban·zos See chickpea. [Spanish, alteration (perhaps influenced by Old Spanish garroba, algarroba) of Old Spanish arvanço, perhaps from Greek erebinthos.] |
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