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chickpea Definition


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chickpea
noun
    1. A leafy branching annual plant with white or bluish flowers, cultivated for its wrinkled yellow pea-like edible seeds.
    2. The edible seed of this plant, usually eaten boiled or roasted.
Etymology: 16c: from earlier chich pea, from French chiche.



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