chickpea
chick·pea [chickpea chickpeas] [ˈtʃɪk piː] [ˈtʃɪk piː] noun
(especially BrE) (NAmE usually gar·banzo, garˈbanzo bean)
a hard round seed, like a light brown pea, that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable
See also: garbanzo ▪ garbanzo bean
Word Origin:
early 18th cent. (earlier as chiche-pease): from late Middle English chiche (from Old French chiche, cice, from Latin cicer ‘chickpea’) + pease ‘peas’.
