Cicer (Noun)
Meaning
Chickpea plant; Asiatic herbs.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Cicer, a genus of leguminous plants, is also known as chickpea, is an Asiatic herb of which several species have been cultivated.
- Cicer is native to the Mediterranean region and Asia and has been cultivated since ancient times.
- In Cicer, a legume with single-stalked leaves and tubular flowers, nitrogen fixation is accomplished by nodules on the roots.
- Chickpeas belong to the Cicer genus of leguminous plants that also includes the perennial Cicer montaina and Cicer isometric.
- Several species of the Asiatic herb Cicer are resistant to cyst nematode.