chickpea : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chickpea	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chickpea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chickpea n the seed of the chickpea plant [syn: chickpea, garbanzo] Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds Synonym(s): chickpea, chickpea plant, Egyptian pea, Cicer arietinum large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried Synonym(s): chickpea, garbanzo
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chick-pea \Chick"-pea`\ (-p[emac]`), 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. 2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.