chickpea

UK/ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/US/ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpi/

nounB1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechneutral

Other forms: chickpeas

A chickpea is a round beige pulse used in hummus and curry. A tin of chickpeas.

The water they are tinned in whips like egg white and has a name of its own. A chickpea has been farmed for about nine thousand years.

Definitions of chickpea

1nounchickpeaA round beige pulse used in hummus and curry.B1
“One tin of chickpea made enough hummus for eight people.”

chickpea is a pulse.

Where it comes from

French pois chiche comes from Latin cicer, a chickpea; the chick has nothing to do with birds.

Latin
cicer — chickpea
Old French
cice
French
pois chiche
English, today
chickpea

Built from

pois · French — pea

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

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chickpea in the wild

The chickpea or chick pea (Cicer arietinum) is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, cultivated for its edible seeds.
Chickpea
In 2023, India accounted for 75% of global chickpea production.
Chickpea
The batter consists of a mixture of rice with the pulse Bengal gram, but has several variants with the gram replaced by chickpeas, pigeon peas, or urad beans.
Dhokla
Chana masala (also chole masala or chholay) is a chickpea curry cooked in a tomato-based sauce, originating from the Indian subcontinent.
Chana masala
The dish consists of a mashed potato patty coated with chickpea flour, which is then deep-fried and served hot with chutney.
Batata vada

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Related words

the pois family

puny poise

chickpea — used too rare to measure · point at the bar for the others

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