<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Cicer arietinum</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>chick-pea</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Cicer</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Bengal gram</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>chestnut bean</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>chich</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>chick pea</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>chick-pea</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>chickpea</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dwarf pea</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>garavance</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>garbanzo</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>gram</topic></variant> <note 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. ]]></note></mads>