- A type of pulse - Bean scraped off table linen used for dal, perhaps? - Edible pulse - Edible seed - large edible variety of pulse - Legume - Nutritious pulse
- A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia,
Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram. - Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially,
when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern
deserts.