Garbanzo

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  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In Porto Rico and Spanish America generally, the chick-pea, Cicer arietinum. See chick-pea (with cut).
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  • noun. An edible pulse, Cicer arietinum, of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamily Faboideae or Papilionoideae, of which the plant has white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and yields pods containing two to three peas.
  • noun. A seed of this plant; the chickpea
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  • noun. large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
  • noun. the seed of the chickpea plant
  • Word Usage
    "The word garbanzo came to English as "calavance" in the 17th century, from Old Spanish"
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    legume  
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