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chickling vetch en · NOUN

Etymology

Nativized spelling of chichling vetch or chickling + vetch first nativizing chickling from chichling then compounding.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A plant with edible seeds similar to peas and chickpeas of the species Lathyrus sativus, used as a famine food but causing lathyrism if eaten in large amounts or over a long time.
   • Lathyrus is known in English as the chickling vetch or grass pea and can be bought in very specialized Italian grocery stores as cicerchia, which fascinatingly enough have been revived in Slow Food circles as a traditional Umbrian food in danger of disappearance. They look something like chickpeas, but smaller. 2007, Ken Albala, “Oddballs and Villains”, in Beans: A History, Berg, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) · white vetch (Lathyrus sativus) · chickling pea (Lathyrus sativus) · Indian pea (Lathyrus sativus) · blue sweet pea (Lathyrus sativus) · white pea (Lathyrus sativus)

Translations (30)

ru чи́на посевна́я (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · bg секи́рче (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · fr gesse commune (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · sq modhull (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · grc λάθυρος (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · sq groshëz (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · sv plattvial (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · bg посе́вно секи́рче (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · sh jȃrī grȁh (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · da græs-fladbælg (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · pt chícharo (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · fr pois carré (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · sh sìkirica (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · es almorta (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · pl groszek siewny (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · arc גילבונא (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · ar جُلُبَّان (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · fr gesse (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · de Saat-Platterbse (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · es chícharo (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · arc גלבונא (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · fr lentille d'Espagne (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · ca guixera (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · tr mürdümük (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · es pito (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · fi peltonätkelmä (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · tr akburçak (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · ota مردمك (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · it cicerchia (plant with edible seeds similar to peas) · sh sìkiríca (plant with edible seeds similar to peas)