chick-pea Meaning, Definition & Usage

Chick"-pea` noun

Etymology

See Chich.

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the sounth of Europe; the chick; the dwarf pea; the gram.
2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.