chickling vetch

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

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

Origin

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