chickpea
chick·pea
noun
2.
Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
Origin
Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Old French cice, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).
Phrases
- chickpea of the sea
- Cicer arietinum
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