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Cicer arietinum
Chick-pea Chick"-pea` (-p[=e]`), n. [See Chich.] 1. (Bot.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram. 2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.
Cicer arietinum
Gram Gram, n. [Pg. gr?o grain. See Grain.] (Bot.) The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
Cicero
Cicero Cic"e*ro, n. (Print.) Pica type; -- so called by French printers.
Cicerone
Cicerone Ci`ce*ro"ne, n.; pl. It. Ciceroni, E. Cicerones. [It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a guide.] One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide. Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [the Italians] a cicerone, or a Cicero. --Trench.
Cicerones
Cicerone Ci`ce*ro"ne, n.; pl. It. Ciceroni, E. Cicerones. [It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a guide.] One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide. Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [the Italians] a cicerone, or a Cicero. --Trench.
Ciceroni
Cicerone Ci`ce*ro"ne, n.; pl. It. Ciceroni, E. Cicerones. [It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a guide.] One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide. Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [the Italians] a cicerone, or a Cicero. --Trench.
Ciceronian
Ciceronian Cic`e*ro"ni*an, a. [L. Ciceronianus, fr. Cicero, the orator.] Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.
Ciceronianism
Ciceronianism Cic`e*ro"ni*an*ism, n. Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression. ``Great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford.' --Sir P. Sidney.

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- Davis Cicer fedtschenkoi Lincz. Cicer flexuosum Lipsky Cicer floribundum Fenzl Cicer grae**** Orph. ex Boiss. Cicer grande (Popov) Korotkova Cicer heterophyllum...
- The chickpea or chick pea (Cicer arietinum) is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, cultivated for its edible seeds. Its different...
- Cicer reticulatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southeastern Turkey. It is the wild ancestor of Cicer arietinum, the...
- Astragalus cicer, the chickpea milkvetch, chick-pea milk-vetch or cicer milkvetch, is a perennial flowering plant native to Eastern Europe, po****rized...
- Gibbula cicer is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The size of an adult s**** varies between...
- Confital are among the best waves in Europe for this sport. La Cícer, birthplace of surfing La Cícer, formerly known by its original toponym Punta Brava, was...
- capsi**** carrot (gajar) cauliflowers (gobhi) chickpea (also known as gram, Cicer arientinum) (channa) fenugr**** (methi) garlic (lehsun) lady finger (bhendi)...
- Augustus". Kopitar gave examples such as Albanian qiqer 'chickpea' from Latin cicer, qytet 'city, town' from civitas, peshk 'fish' from piscis, and shigjetë...
- Romans are referred to by only their cognomen; for example, Cicero (from cicer "chickpea") serves as a shorthand for Marcus Tullius Cicero, and Caesar...
- Cicero's cognomen, a hereditary nickname, comes from the Latin for chickpea, cicer. Plutarch explains that the name was originally given to one of Cicero's...