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garbanzo — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

Senses

garbanzo is used for these senses in English:

  • chickpea A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
  • garbanzo 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.

chickpea — full definition

  1. noun An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
  2. noun A seed of this plant, often used as a food.