Pea vs Chickpea - What's the difference?
pea | chickpea |
A plant, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family
The edible seed of some of these plants
(baseball) A ball travelling at high velocity
An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum ) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
As a noun chickpea is
an annual asian plant (cicer arietinum ) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.pea
English
(wikipedia pea)Etymology 1
, originally an uncountable noun meaning "peas" that was construed as a plural.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* pea-brain * pea crab * pea pod * peashooter * peason * like two peas in a pod * pigeon pea * sugar pea * sweet peaDescendants
* Abenaki: * Mohegan-Pequot: * Yurok:Etymology 2
Anagrams
* * * * ----chickpea
English
Alternative forms
* chick peaNoun
(en noun)- Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content. [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropfactsheets/chickpea.html]