An East Indian plant (Cicer arietinum) also known as the chickpea, producing nutritious legume seeds.
From Hindi chichā or similar South Asian languages; related to Sanskrit citraka; the word traveled through trade routes and colonial contact into English.
Chickpeas have fed billions of people for over 7,000 years—they're one of the oldest cultivated legumes and are central to cuisines from India to the Mediterranean to the Middle East.
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