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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
chickpea
chick·pea [chickpea chickpeas] BrE [ˈtʃɪk piː] NAmE [ˈtʃɪk piː] noun  (especially BrE) (NAmE usually gar·banzo, garˈbanzo bean)
a hard round seed, like a light brown ↑pea, that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable
See also: ↑garbanzo ▪ ↑garbanzo bean
Word Origin:
early 18th cent. (earlier as chiche-pease): from late Middle English chiche (from Old French chiche, cice, from Latin cicer ‘chickpea’) + pease ‘peas’.
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