CHICKPEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chickpea mean? 

• CHICKPEA (noun)
  The noun CHICKPEA has 3 senses:

1. the seed of the chickpea plant

2. Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds

3. large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried

  Familiarity information: CHICKPEA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHICKPEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The seed of the chickpea plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chickpea; garbanzo

Hypernyms ("chickpea" is a kind of...):

legume (the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case)

Holonyms ("chickpea" is a part of...):

chickpea; chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea (Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chickpea; chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea

Hypernyms ("chickpea" is a kind of...):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

Meronyms (parts of "chickpea"):

chickpea; garbanzo (large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried)

chickpea; garbanzo (the seed of the chickpea plant)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

chickpea; garbanzo

Hypernyms ("chickpea" is a kind of...):

legume (the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils))

Holonyms ("chickpea" is a part of...):

chickpea; chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea (Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds)

 Context examples 

The term is now applied in a general way to many other related plants such as soybeans, peas, lentils, kidney beans, chickpeas (garbanzos), vetches and lupins.

(Bean, NCI Thesaurus)

The phenomenon could be exploited in beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils, peanuts, soybeans and other legumes.

(Scientists discover new antibiotic in tropical forest, National Science Foundation)