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chickpea

DEFINITIONS OF: chickpea

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n Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds

Synonyms:
Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea plant
Type of:
legume, leguminous plant
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

n the seed of the chickpea plant

Synonyms:
garbanzo
Type of:
legume
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 case

n large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried

Synonyms:
garbanzo
Type of:
legume
the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
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