<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Cicer arietinum</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31468347</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:06:06</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Bengal gram</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">chestnut bean</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">chich</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">chick pea</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">chick-pea</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">chickpea</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">dwarf pea</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">garavance</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">garbanzo</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">gram</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Species of  annual plant widely grown for its nutritious seeds, used in a variety of ways worldwide. Evidence of humans eating chick-peas dates to 7,000 BCE. They were one of the first plants cultivated, known from Neolithic Jericho. They have historically been used medicinally, thought to increase sperm and milk, to provoke menstruation, and to treat kidney stones. ]]></dc:description></metadata>