chickpea: [18] Chickpeas have nothing to do with chickens, and only remotely anything to do with peas (they are both legumes). The word comes ultimately from Latin cicer (the name of the Roman orator Cicero is based on it – one of his ancestors must have had a chickpea-shaped wart). That came into English in the 14th century, by way of Old French, as chich, and chich remained for several centuries the name of the vegetable. The French, meanwhile, noting the leguminous resemblance, had taken to calling it pois chiche, which the English duly translated in the 16th century as chich-pea. Later, folk-etymology transformed chich to chick.
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1. Dr. Mitchell: God bless the chickpea.
米切尔大夫: 上帝保佑鹰嘴豆.
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2. Chickpea protein is considered as a complete protein.
鹰嘴豆蛋白属完全蛋白质.
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3. Objective and compare the contents of trace elements the seed and sprout of Desi chickpea.
