Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See chickpea.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Porto Rico and Spanish America generally, the chick-pea, Cicer arietinum. See chick-pea (with cut).
Wiktionary
- n. An edible pulse, Cicer arietinum, of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamily Faboideae or Papilionoideae, of which the plant has white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and yields pods containing two to three peas.
- n. A seed of this plant; the chickpea
WordNet 3.0
- n. large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
- n. the seed of the chickpea plant
Etymologies
- As calavance, from Spanish garbanzo, possibly from Basque garau ("seed") + antzu ("dry"). Another theory suggests a Greek origin. (Wiktionary)
- Spanish, alteration (perhaps influenced by Old Spanish garroba, algarroba) of Old Spanish arvanço, perhaps from Greek erebinthos. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The word garbanzo came to English as "calavance" in the 17th century, from Old Spanish”
“One 16-ounce can chickpeas also called garbanzo beans, or 1½ cups cooked chickpeas plus ½ cup water”
“Ceci aka garbanzo beans aka chick peas pan-fried with Indian spices?”
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“Chickpeas also known as garbanzo beans are grown all over the world, specifically in the Mediterranean, Western Asia and throughout India.”
“Recently when I saw a recipe for crispy roasted chickpeas in The South Beach Diet Cookbook my tastebuds started imagining how great those crispy chickpeas also called garbanzo beans would taste with just a hint of that Moroccan spice mix, and that's how this recipe was born.”
“I might be going out on a limb here by endorsing chickpeas also called garbanzo beans as my favorite vegetable of 2008, because I know chickpeas are really legumes, and I'm not actually sure if legumes are considered vegetables.”
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“Sometimes the simplest of ingredients can produce a dish that's full of interesting flavor, and that was certainly true with this Greek soup made of dried chickpeas also called garbanzo beans.”
“Anyway, whatever it's called, this time I used my cilantro (my preferred name) to make this fantastic salad with chickpeas (also called garbanzo beans!)”
“Also known as garbanzo beans, chickpeas are mild, nutty-tasting legumes.”
“Shopping tips: Chickpeas, available in cans, are also referred to as garbanzo (Spanish) beans or ceci (Italian).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘garbanzo’.
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Butter Beans and Snaps
List of as many pea and bean varieties as I can cook up - mostly common names.
field peas, butter beans, snap peas, lima beans, crowder peas, haricots verts, string bean, green bean, pole bean, navy bean, white acre peas, zipper pea and 186 more...
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intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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Food
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spaghetti, yogurt, muesli, rarebit, wheat, cream, cheese, pumpkin, custard, couscous, oats, sausage and 237 more...
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I like the sound of that!
Words that I find euphonious, eurhythmic, or just generally fun to say.
euphonious, gossamer, spelunking, moist, bedridden, rutabaga, quagmire, succotash, hootenany, glacial, sesquicentennial, caucus and 77 more...
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Pseudorandom words
Words found through Wordie's random word function. I didn't take phrases, foreign, misspelled, or madeupical words, so I looked at about 200 words to assemble this list.
I was surprise...ishkabibble, jericho, inopercular, oppositional, puerility, chronometer, cavern, cisternae, osteospermum, boxcar, misandry, savannah and 88 more...
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Alphabet Soup
Food for the mind.
lychee, baklava, brine, garbanzo, chick pea, amuse-bouche, tahini, zymurgy, edamame, sauteed, hors d'oeuvres, crudités and 16 more...
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excellent sounds
Among the greatest sounding words in the world
garbanzo, parangaricutirimí..., orangutan, fork, tuberculosis, mississippi mud, sassafras, fricassee, onomatopoeia, piffle, galoshes, jujube and 28 more...
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tongue ticklers
the hall of famers.
hootenanny, turgid, ameliorate, huzzah, kerfuffle, umbrage, pogonophobia, corpulent, slatternly, flagrant, felicitous, spackle and 67 more...
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dkuo's Words
fuzzy, retrograde, abscond, deciduous, portmanteau, bellicose, couverture, poof, squelch, amalgam, hippopotamus, legume and 7 more...
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call any vegetable
ruta-bay-ay-ayga, ruta-bay-ay-ayga, ruta-bay-ay-ayga, ruta-bay-ay-ay-ay...
kale, chard, black eyed peas, kohlrabi, sprout, ugli, satsuma, garbonzo, parsnip, chickpea, rutabaga, edamame and 26 more...
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dogfish's Words
somnambulist, pulchritude, serpentine, awkward, ambulatory, arsenic, firmament, meretricious, snarky, casuistry, spinal, ephemeral and 78 more...
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words that make me cringe
word aversion at its best
heinous, moist, vagina, garbanzo, lilliputian, hernia, ipecac
Tweets
Looking for tweets for garbanzo.
ruzuzu For a bit more garbanzo-related fun, see gonzo. Jul 3, 2010
chained_bear See also an extensive (if disgusting) conversation on this list. Apr 24, 2009