Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Chick-pea

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Chick-pea


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(1):

(n.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram.

(2):

(n.) Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.