Chickpea

Pronunciation

Origin

French pois chiche, from pois ("pea") + chiche, from Latin cicer ("chickpea")

Alternative forms

• chick pea

Full definition of chickpea

Noun

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, often used as a food.Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropfactsheets/chickpea.html

Synonyms

• (plant) Bengal gram, garbanzo
• (seed) Bengal gram, garbanzo

Anagrams

• peachick