chickpea

What it means

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

   Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo

2. A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

   Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content.

   Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo bean

In a sentence

Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content.

Where it comes from

1. Latincicer“chickpea”
2. Old Frenchcice
3. Frenchpois chiche
4. Englishchickpea

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