Real Dictionary

chickpea
Chickpeas are hard round seeds that look like pale-brown peas. They can be cooked and eaten.

chickpea in American English
a bushy annual plant (Cicer arietinum) of the pea family, with short, hairy pods containing usually two seeds; garbanzo
noun: a widely cultivated plant, Cicer arietinum, of the legume family, bearing pods containing pealike seeds

chickpea in British English
noun: a bushy leguminous plant, Cicer arietinum, cultivated for its edible pealike seeds in the Mediterranean region, central Asia, and Africa