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Definition of chickpea in English: chickpeanounˈtʃɪkpiːˈtʃɪkˌpi 1A round yellowish edible seed, widely used as a pulse. Also called garbanzo Example sentencesExamples - Cut back and focus on getting more of your protein from vegetables like chickpeas and lima beans.
- It's cold and tangy, a delicious vegetarian stew of eggplant, chickpeas, and onion in a chunky tomato sauce.
- For instance, instead of high fat chicken nuggets, try lean pieces of chicken or pulses such as beans or chickpeas.
- The soup is packed with healthy ingredients like garlic, carrots, chickpeas, and corn.
- Almonds, walnuts, kidney beans, lentils, chickpeas and sunflower seeds are healthy options.
2The Old World plant of the pea family which bears chickpeas. Cicer arietinum, family Leguminosae Example sentencesExamples - The pods in the spaced chickpea plants were fully exposed to light for most of the day.
- The chickpea is a delicate, graceful plant that branches near the ground and is usually about 2 feet high.
- A different mineral nutrient solution was applied to each of four groups of chickpea plants from the time of transplanting to the sand mixture (7 d after imbibition).
- Seeds of chickpea and maize were surface-sterilized for 30 minutes, pre-germinated in the dark in a Petri dish with adequate water, and were then planted in quartz sand.
- Pulse crops, particularly lentil, chickpea and dry bean varieties similarly show the impact of public breeding work.
Origin Early 18th century (earlier as chiche-pease): from late Middle English chiche (from Old French chiche, cice, from Latin cicer 'chickpea') + pease. Definition of chickpea in US English: chickpeanounˈtʃɪkˌpiˈCHikˌpē 1A round yellowish seed, used widely as food. Also called garbanzo Example sentencesExamples - It's cold and tangy, a delicious vegetarian stew of eggplant, chickpeas, and onion in a chunky tomato sauce.
- Almonds, walnuts, kidney beans, lentils, chickpeas and sunflower seeds are healthy options.
- For instance, instead of high fat chicken nuggets, try lean pieces of chicken or pulses such as beans or chickpeas.
- Cut back and focus on getting more of your protein from vegetables like chickpeas and lima beans.
- The soup is packed with healthy ingredients like garlic, carrots, chickpeas, and corn.
2The leguminous Old World plant which bears chickpeas. Cicer arietinum, family Leguminosae Example sentencesExamples - A different mineral nutrient solution was applied to each of four groups of chickpea plants from the time of transplanting to the sand mixture (7 d after imbibition).
- Pulse crops, particularly lentil, chickpea and dry bean varieties similarly show the impact of public breeding work.
- The pods in the spaced chickpea plants were fully exposed to light for most of the day.
- Seeds of chickpea and maize were surface-sterilized for 30 minutes, pre-germinated in the dark in a Petri dish with adequate water, and were then planted in quartz sand.
- The chickpea is a delicate, graceful plant that branches near the ground and is usually about 2 feet high.
Origin Early 18th century (earlier as chiche-pease): from late Middle English chiche (from Old French chiche, cice, from Latin cicer ‘chickpea’) + pease. |