different between hominy vs chickpea

English

Etymology

First recorded in 1629. From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian"), though the exact source word is in question: suggestions include uskatahomen, appuminnéonash (“parched corn”), and rokohamin (“parched, ground corn”), the last yielding also the unclipped rockahominy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?m?ni/
• Homophone: harmony (god-guard merger and weak vowel merger)

Noun

hominy (usually uncountable, plural hominies)

1. A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.

   Synonym: nixtamal

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References

Further reading

• hominy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• chick pea

Etymology

Calque of French pois chiche, from pois (“pea”) + chiche, from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??k?pi?/
• Hyphenation: chick?pea

Noun

chickpea (plural chickpeas)

1. An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.

   Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo

2. A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

   Synonyms: Bengal gram, garbanzo bean

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See also

• chickpea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cicer arietinum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cicer arietinum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• peachick