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    CHICKPEA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually driedplay

    Synonyms:

    chickpea; garbanzo

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("chickpea" is a kind of...):

    legume (the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils))

    Holonyms ("chickpea" is a part of...):

    chickpea; chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea (Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seedsplay

    Synonyms:

    chickpea; chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("chickpea" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (parts of "chickpea"):

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

    chickpea; garbanzo (the seed of the chickpea plant)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    The seed of the chickpea plantplay

    Synonyms:

    chickpea; garbanzo

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("chickpea" is a kind of...):

    legume (the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case)

    Holonyms ("chickpea" is a part of...):

    chickpea; chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea (Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds)

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