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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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