chickling vetch

chickling vetch

English

Noun

chickling vetch (uncountable)

1. A plant with edible seeds similar to peas, Lathyrus sativus, used as a famine food but causing lathyrism if eaten in large amounts or over a long time.
   • 2007, Ken Albala, Beans: A History, Berg (→ISBN)

     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 […]

Synonyms

• (Lathyrus sativus): grass pea, blue sweet pea, chickling pea, Indian pea, white pea, white vetch

Translations

plant with edible seeds similar to peas

French: gesse (fr) f, pois carré (fr) m, lentille d'Espagne (fr) f German: Saat-Platterbse f Italian: cicerchia (it)

Portuguese: chícharo (pt) m Spanish: chícharo (es) m, almorta (es) f, pito (es)

Further reading

• Lathyrus sativus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lathyrus sativus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lathyrus sativus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons