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Webster 1913 Edition

(-pēˊ)

Noun.

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(Bot.)

A Small leguminous plant (

Cicer arietinum

) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram.

Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.

Noun.

A plant or pea, constituting the genus Cicer; a native of Spain, where it is used in olios. It is smaller than the common pea.

See also: chickpea

chick-pea ‎(plural chick-peas)