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Noun: garbanzo  gaar'ban-zow
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: chickpea)
  1. Large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
    "The chef added garbanzos to the vegetable soup for extra protein";
    - chickpea
     
  2. The seed of the chickpea plant
    "The chef used garbanzos to make homemade hummus";
    - chickpea

Derived forms: garbanzos

Type of: legume

Part of: chickpea, chickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea

Encyclopedia: Garbanzo