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chickpea definition

chick·pea (c̸hik′pē′)

noun

  1. a bushy annual plant (Cicer arietinum) of the pea family, with short, hairy pods containing usually two seeds; garbanzo
  2. the edible seed

Etymology: for chick pea < ME & OFr chiche < L cicer, pea

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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