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chickpea

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Noun — An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.

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Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Old French cice, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).

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