<Li> Cicer sintenisii Bornm . </Li> <Li> Ononis crotalarioides M.E. Jones </Li> <P> The chickpea or chick pea (Cicer arietinum) is a legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae . Its different types are variously known as gram or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, and Egyptian pea . Its seeds are high in protein . It is one of the earliest cultivated legumes: 7500 - year - old remains have been found in the Middle East . In 2016, India produced 64% of the world's total chickpeas . </P> <P> The name "chickpea" traces back through the French chiche to cicer, Latin for "chickpea" (from which the Roman cognomen Cicero was taken). The Oxford English Dictionary lists a 1548 citation that reads, "Cicer may be named in English Cich, or ciche pease, after the Frenche tongue ." The dictionary cites "Chick - pea" in the mid-18th century; the original word in English taken directly from French was chich, found in print in English in 1388 . In neo-latin (modern Italian) it is known as a "cece" (CHAY - chay) in the singular, and "ceci" (CHAY - chee) in the plural . </P>

Is a chickpea a pea or a bean
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