A genus of plants in the pea family, or historically, a name for the chickpea plant.
From Latin 'cicer' meaning chickpea. The word gives English its term for a common legume and defines a whole botanical genus.
The word 'cicer' survived for 2,000 years because chickpeas were so important—you can trace this one Latin word through ancient Rome, medieval Spain, and modern botany.
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