Chickpea vs. Hominy

Chickpea vs. Hominy — Is There a Difference?
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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