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Article #81Re: "Pigeon pea". Why so named?
From: Torsten Brinch
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:11
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:11
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On Wed, 31 May 2006 11:31:05 GMT, ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred) wrote: >G'day mates, > >A question arose today about pigeon pea (still _Cajanus cajan_ to >me; but the taxonomists say it's now in _Atylosia_). > >It was quite a simple question: "Why is pigeon pea called pigeon >pea?" [AKA "pigeonpea".] > >I have to say, I'm damned if I know why! It's been pigeon pea to me >since I first met it 40 years ago, and I've never wondered why. > >According to <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pigeon+pea> it's simply >"From the use of its seeds as pigeon feed." > >While that may well be true, it almost sounds *too* simplistic. After >all, the main use is for human food (red gram, toor dal, etc.) >especially in India. > >So where and why has it become associated with bloody pigeons? I have no idea. Pass. >(An analogous question arises for "chickpea".) 'Chick-pea' comes from French 'pois chiche'. It was originally imported into English as the singular form 'chich-pease', but the pommie ear naturally came to hear such a construction as a plural form, so from it was synthesised the singular form chich-pea. In the origin the French name 'pois chiche' has nothing to do with chicken. 'Chiche' is from Latin 'cicer', which means ... pea :-)
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