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noun
An edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: garbanzo bean
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A seed of this plant; the chickpea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chickpea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legume
noun
the seed of the chickpea plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chickpea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legume
History
From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”). The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish.
Across languages
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