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CICER ARIETINUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cicer arietinum mean?
• CICER ARIETINUM (noun)
The noun CICER ARIETINUM has 1 sense:
1. Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
Familiarity information: CICER ARIETINUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
chickpea; chickpea plant; Cicer arietinum; Egyptian pea
Hypernyms ("Cicer arietinum" is a kind of...):
legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)
Meronyms (parts of "Cicer arietinum"):
chickpea; garbanzo (large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried)
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