chick‧pea /ˈtʃɪkpiː/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: chich 'chickpea' (14-19 centuries) (from Old French chiche, from Latin cicer) + pea]
a large brown ↑pea which is cooked and eaten SYN garbanzo American English
chick·pea[chickpeachickpeas][ˈtʃɪk piː][ˈtʃɪk piː]noun (especially BrE) (NAmE usuallygar·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’.
