Cicern.
/ˈsɪsə/ A chickpea. Obsolete. (Now used only as the botanical name of the genus.)
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > chick-pea or lentil
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xvii. 28 Fryed gederynge of corns, that is clepid cycer [a1425 fried chichis].
1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxxiii Cicer and barlye to gether.
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 159 Red Cicers..are reckoned hot and dry.
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. iv. 146 [That] which he translates parched pulse, means parched Cicers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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