chufa (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *chufa*:
NOUN	plant	chufa, yellow nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, Cyperus esculentus	European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

English > *chufa*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
Synonyms	yellow nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, Cyperus esculentus
Member of	Cyperus, genus Cyperus	type genus of Cyperaceae
Broader	sedge	grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
Spanish	chufa
Catalan	Cyperus esculentus, xufa, xufla

HyperDic: chufa