garbanzo

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the seed of the chickpea plant
  2. noun large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

chickpea

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