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CHICKPEA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried

Synonyms:

chickpea; garbanzo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

chickpea; chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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:

The seed of the chickpea plant

Synonyms:

chickpea; garbanzo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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