HyperDic: cyperus_esculentus

English > 1 sense of the expression Cyperus esculentus:
NOUNplantCyperus esculentus, chufa, yellow nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nutEuropean sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
English > Cyperus esculentus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningEuropean sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
Synonymschufa, yellow nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut
Member ofCyperus, genus Cyperustype genus of Cyperaceae
Broadersedgegrasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
Spanishchufa
CatalanCyperus esculentus, xufa, xufla

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