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Topic: FOOD

Date: 1700-1800
Origin: chich 'chickpea' (14-19 centuries) (from Old French chiche, from Latin cicer) + pea

chickpea

 noun
     
chick‧pea [countable]
DF a large brown pea which is cooked and eaten [= garbanzo American English]
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