garbanzo

Senso (Inglese)

  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.

Concetti

cicero

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

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