egyptian pea

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   Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds

   Synonymschickpeachickpea plantCicer arietinum

   Broaderlegume

   Partschickpea

Questions about egyptian pea

What does egyptian pea mean?

egyptian pea means "Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds".

What is another word for egyptian pea?

Close synonyms include chickpea, chickpea plant, Cicer arietinum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is egyptian pea a common word?

egyptian pea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.