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garbanzo

Syllables: gar·ban·zo/ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/

garbanzo noun: an edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.

garbanzo: an edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae...
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Noun

garbanzo (plural garbanzos)

  1. An edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.
    • America when I was seven momma took me to Communist Cell meetings they sold us garbanzos a handful per ticket a ticket costs a nickel and the speeches were free[…]1956, Allen Ginsberg, “America”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, →OCLC, page 33
    Synonyms:
    garbanzo bean
  2. A seed of this plant; the chickpea.

Synonyms of garbanzo

Forms of garbanzo

pluralgarbanzos

Origin of garbanzo

From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”). The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish.

Phrases with garbanzo

Questions about garbanzo

What does garbanzo mean?
Garbanzo means an edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.
What part of speech is garbanzo?
Garbanzo is a noun.
How do you pronounce garbanzo?
Garbanzo is pronounced /ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/.
What is the plural of garbanzo?
The plural of garbanzo is garbanzos.

Words near garbanzo in the dictionary

  1. garbaggio
  2. garbagier
  3. garbagiest
  4. garbaging
  5. garbagy
  6. garbanzo
  7. garbanzo bean
  8. garbanzo beans
  9. garbanzos
  10. garbarator
  11. garbarators

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