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chickling vetch

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant with edible seeds similar to peas and chickpeas of the species Lathyrus sativus, used as a famine food but causing lathyrism if eaten in large amounts or over a long time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Nativized spelling of chichling vetch or chickling + vetch first nativizing chickling from chichling then compounding.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: groshëz — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Albanian: modhull — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Arabic: جُلُبَّان (julubbān) — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Aramaic: גילבונא (/⁠*gilbɔ̄nā⁠/) — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Aramaic: גלבונא (/⁠*gilbɔ̄nā⁠/) — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Bulgarian: секи́рче (sekírče) — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Bulgarian: посе́вно секи́рче (posévno sekírče) — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Catalan: guixera — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Danish: græs-fladbælg — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Finnish: peltonätkelmä — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • French: gesse — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • French: gesse commune — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • French: pois carré — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • French: lentille d'Espagne — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • German: Saat-Platterbse — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Ancient Greek: λάθυρος (láthuros) — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Italian: cicerchia — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Polish: groszek siewny — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Portuguese: chícharo — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Russian: чи́на посевна́я (čína posevnája) — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Serbo-Croatian: jȃrī grȁh — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Serbo-Croatian: sìkirica — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Serbo-Croatian: sìkiríca — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Spanish: chícharo — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Spanish: almorta — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Spanish: pito — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Swedish: plattvial — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Turkish: mürdümük — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Turkish: akburçak — plant with edible seeds similar to peas
  • Ottoman Turkish: مردمك (merdümek) — plant with edible seeds similar to peas