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garbanzos

garbanzos is the plural of garbanzo.

Meaning of garbanzo

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.

Questions about garbanzos

What is garbanzos the plural of?
Garbanzos is the plural of garbanzo.

Words near garbanzos in the dictionary

  1. garbaging
  2. garbagy
  3. garbanzo
  4. garbanzo bean
  5. garbanzo beans
  6. garbanzos
  7. garbarator
  8. garbarators
  9. garbardine
  10. garbardines
  11. Garbarino

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