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EGYPTIAN PEA

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 I. (noun) 

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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 ("Egyptian pea" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "Egyptian pea"):

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

chickpea; garbanzo (the seed of the chickpea plant)

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