chickpea

2 definitions found

chickpea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chick-pea \Chick"-pea`\ (-p[=e]`), n. [See Chich.]
     1. (Bot.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of
        Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the
        dwarf pea; the gram.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when
        roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the
        Eastern deserts.
        [1913 Webster]

chickpea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chickpea
      n 1: the seed of the chickpea plant [syn: chickpea,
           garbanzo]
      2: Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two
         edible seeds [syn: chickpea, chickpea plant, Egyptian   pea
         , Cicer arietinum]
      3: large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried [syn:
         chickpea, garbanzo]