chickpea

(c̸hikpē′)

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

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

See chickpea in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun In both senses also called garbanzo.
  1. An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
  2. A seed of this plant.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete chichpease

Origin: : Middle English chiche, chickpea (from Old French, from Latin cicer)

Origin: + pease, pea; see pea

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