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garbanzo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/
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Etymology

From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”). The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish.

Meanings

1. An edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.
   • America when I was seven momma took me to Communist Cell meetings they sold us garbanzos a handful per ticket a ticket costs a nickel and the speeches were free[…] 1956, Allen Ginsberg, “America”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, →OCLC, page 33:
2. A seed of this plant; the chickpea.

Forms

Synonyms

garbanzo bean

Translations (12)

hu csicseriborsó (edible pulse) · de Kichererbse (edible pulse) · pt grão-de-bico (edible pulse) · ro năut (edible pulse) · sl čičerika (edible pulse) · it cece (edible pulse) · es garbanzo (edible pulse) · et kikerhernes (edible pulse) · pl ciecierzyca (edible pulse) · ca cigró (edible pulse) · ru нут (edible pulse) · fr pois chiche (edible pulse)