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chickpeaenUK
chick·pea C0287900 (chĭk′pē′)n.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. In both senses also called garbanzo.
[Alteration (perhaps influenced by chick) of obsolete chichpease : Middle English chiche, chickpea (from Old French, from Latin cicer; akin to Armenian siseṙn, both Latin and Armenian being loanwords from an unknown source) + pease, pea; see pea.]chickpea (ˈtʃɪkˌpiː) n1. (Plants) a bushy leguminous plant, Cicer arietinum, cultivated for its edible pealike seeds in the Mediterranean region, central Asia, and Africa2. (Cookery) Also called: garbanzo the seed of this plant[C16 ciche peasen, from ciche (from French chiche, from Latin cicer chickpea) + peasen; see pea]chick•pea (ˈtʃɪkˌpi)
n. 1. a plant, Cicer arietinum, of the legume family, bearing pods containing pealike seeds. 2. chickpeas, the seeds of this plant, used as a food. Also called garbanzo. [1540–50; chich-pea < late Middle English chiche < Middle French « Latin cicer chickpea] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | chickpea - the seed of the chickpea plantgarbanzolegume - the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the casechickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea - Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds | | 2. | chickpea - Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seedschickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian peagarbanzo, chickpea - large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually driedlegume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosaechickpea, garbanzo - the seed of the chickpea plant | | 3. | chickpea - large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually driedgarbanzolegume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)chickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea - Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds |
TranslationschickpeaenUK
chickpea, annual plant (Cicer arietinum) of the family Leguminosae (pulsepulse,
in botany, common name for members of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae), a large plant family, called also the pea, or legume, family. Numbering about 650 genera and 17,000 species, the family is third largest, after the asters and the orchids.
..... Click the link for more information. family), cultivated since antiquity for the somewhat pealike seeds, which are often used as food and forage, principally in India and the Spanish-speaking countries. The seeds are boiled or roasted and have been substituted for coffee. Other names are ceci, garbanzo, and gram pea. Chickpeas are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.chickpea a bushy leguminous plant, Cicer arietinum, cultivated for its edible pealike seeds in the Mediterranean region, central Asia, and Africa chickpeaenUK
Synonyms for chickpeanoun the seed of the chickpea plantSynonymsRelated Words- legume
- chickpea plant
- Cicer arietinum
- Egyptian pea
- chickpea
noun Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seedsSynonyms- chickpea plant
- Cicer arietinum
- Egyptian pea
Related Words- garbanzo
- chickpea
- legume
- leguminous plant
noun large white roundish Asiatic legumeSynonymsRelated Words- legume
- chickpea plant
- Cicer arietinum
- Egyptian pea
- chickpea
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