Chickpea vs. Hominy
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Difference Between Chickpea and Hominy
Chickpeanoun
An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
Hominynoun
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.
Chickpeanoun
A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
Chickpea is valued for its nutritive seeds with high protein content.Hominynoun
hulled corn with the bran and germ removed
Chickpeanoun
the seed of the chickpea plant
Chickpeanoun
Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
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Chickpeanoun
large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
