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Definition: Chick-pea
Chick-pea
\Chick"-pea`\ (-p[=e]`), n. [See
Chich.]
1. (Bot.) A Small leguminous plant (
Cicer arietinum) of
Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the
dwarf pea; the gram.
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2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when
roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the
Eastern deserts.
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