Chick-pea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when
        roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the
        Eastern deserts.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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