English Dictionary

chickling vetch

名詞

不可算名詞

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.

日本語の意味

食用の種子を持つ植物で、エンドウ豆やヒヨコマメに似た特徴がある。飢饉時の代用食として用いられるが、長期間または大量に摂取するとラクチリズムという神経障害を引き起こす恐れがある。

During the drought, villagers relied on chickling vetch for protein, though they worried about the risk of lathyrism from eating it too often.

干ばつの間、村人たちはたんぱく源として草えんどう（Lathyrus sativus）に頼っていたが、長期間大量に食べるとラチリズムを引き起こす危険があることを心配していた。

意味（1）

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.

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 danger of disappearance. They look something like chickpeas, but smaller.