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Definition of chickpea noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picture of a chickpea

chickpea

noun

chickpea pronunciation English

ˈtʃɪk piː

chickpea pronunciation American

ˈtʃɪk piː

(especially British English) (North American English usually garbanzo, garbanzo bean)

a hard round seed, like a light brown pea, that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable