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Definition of: chickpea
(chik′pē′) noun
1. A plant (Cicer arietenum) of Mediterranean regions and central Asia.
2. Its edible seed, enclosed in short, hairy pods: widely used as a food in Asia and Latin America; Egyptian pea. [Alter. of ME chich–pease <F pois chiche <pois pease + chiche <L cicer, a small pea]
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