Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
- noun A seed of this plant.
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- noun An annual Asian plant (
Cicer arietinum ) in the pea family, widelycultivated for the edible seeds in its shortinflated pods . - noun A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I love chickpeas, plus the word chickpea is as cute as it gets.
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Mashed potatoes spiced right and dipped in chickpea flour that coats the ball of potates in a thin coat.
Archive 2008-03-01 Anjali 2008
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Batata Vada is the ball of potato dipped in chickpea batter and fried in hot peanut oil.
Archive 2008-03-01 Anjali 2008
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Batata Vada is the ball of potato dipped in chickpea batter and fried in hot peanut oil.
Batata Vada Odyssey Anjali 2008
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Mashed potatoes spiced right and dipped in chickpea flour that coats the ball of potates in a thin coat.
Batata Vada Odyssey Anjali 2008
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Easycrafts makes a saatvic chole that look nice and creamy and the secret in chickpea flour.
Archive 2007-12-01 Anjali 2007
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Dee of Ammalu's Kitchen transforms plain chickpea flour into a steaming hot bowl of Methi Pitla with the addition of a handful of aromatic methi leaves.
Archive 2007-04-01 Nupur 2007
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Easycrafts makes a saatvic chole that look nice and creamy and the secret in chickpea flour.
Chole Naan and The Mela Anjali 2007
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It sold tea and coffee and well as Maggi noodles; and get this, "Maggi pakodas", fried snacks using cooked maggi noodles dunked in chickpea batter (instead of the usual veggies)!
Archive 2006-01-01 Nupur 2006
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The name chickpea traces back through the French chiche to Latin cicer (from which the Roman cognomen Cicero was taken).
Find Me A Cure 2009
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Here, we are dealing with chickpeas, which in America are often known as garbanzo beans.
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seanahan commented on the word chickpea
With tahini, the main ingredient in hummus.
February 21, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word chickpea
What do arugula and chickpeas have in common? See usage/historical note on page accidia.
December 2, 2016