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chufa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chufa has 1 sense
- chufa(n = noun.plant) cyperus esculentus, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass - European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers; Array is a kind of sedge
is a member of cyperus, genus cyperus
CIDE DICTIONARY
chufa, n. [Sp.].
A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus ) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond. [1913 Webster]
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