| Noun | 1. | chickpea - the seed of the chickpea plant legume - the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case chickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea - Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds |
| 2. | chickpea - Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae | |
| 3. | chickpea - large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried legume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) chickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea - Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds |