garbanzo

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

cigró

Sinònims

chickpea

chick pea

chick-pea

gram

hummus

garbanzo bean

Bengal gram

chana

dhale

garvance

chickpea plant

Traduccions

cece

garbanzo

grão-de-bico

pois chiche

Kichererbse

Cicer arietinum

nohut

chícharo

kikkererwt

ρεβίθι

ρεβιθιά

cicero

حمص

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”). The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish.