Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chickling vetch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chick-ling vetch
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant with edible seeds similar to peas and chickpeas of the species Lathyrus sativus, used as a famine food but causing lathyrism if eaten in large amounts or over a long time.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Lathyrus is known in English as the chickling vetch or grass pea and can be bought in very specialized Italian grocery stores as cicerchia, which fascinatingly enough have been revived in Slow Food circles as a traditional Umbrian food in danger of disappearance. They look something like chickpeas, but smaller."

Etymology

Nativized spelling of chichling vetch or chickling + vetch first nativizing chickling from chichling then compounding.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: chickling
Suffix: vetch

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

chickling-vetch (alternative)

Synonyms

grass pea blue sweet pea chickling pea Indian pea white pea white vetch

Questions

What does chickling vetch mean?: A plant with edible seeds similar to peas and chickpeas of the species Lathyrus sativus, used as a famine food but causing lathyrism if eaten in large amounts or over a long time.
Where does chickling vetch come from?: Nativized spelling of chichling vetch or chickling + vetch first nativizing chickling from chichling then compounding.

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