garbanzo

  1. Noun.  An edible pulse, ''Cicer arietinum'', of the family ''Leguminosae'' or ''Fabaceae'' and subfamily ''Faboideae'' or ''Papilionoideae'', of which the plant has white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and yields pods containing two to three peas.
  2. Noun.  A seed of this plant; the chickpea.

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