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单词 chickpea
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chickpea

[ chik-pee ]
/ ˈtʃɪkˌpi /

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.

Origin of chickpea

1540–50; alteration of chich-pea, equivalent to late Middle English chiche (<Middle French ≪ Latin cicer chickpea) + pea1

Words nearby chickpea

chicken turtle, chicken wire, chicken with its head cut off, chick flick, chick lit, chickpea, chickweed, chickweed wintergreen, Chiclayo, chicle, chiclero's ulcer
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Example sentences from the Web for chickpea

  • Passerini found traces of boron in the stems of chickpea plants, while in 1892 Brand determined boric acid in the ash of beer.

    Inorganic Plant Poisons and Stimulants|Winifred E. Brenchley

British Dictionary definitions for chickpea

chickpea
/ (ˈtʃɪkˌpiː) /

noun

a bushy leguminous plant, Cicer arietinum, cultivated for its edible pealike seeds in the Mediterranean region, central Asia, and Africa
Also called: garbanzo the seed of this plant

Word Origin for chickpea

C16 ciche peasen, from ciche (from French chiche, from Latin cicer chickpea) + peasen; see pea
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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