HyperDic: ground_almond

English > 1 sense of the expression ground almond:
NOUNplantground almond, chufa, yellow nutgrass, earth almond, rush nut, Cyperus esculentusEuropean sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
English > ground almond: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningEuropean sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
Synonymschufa, yellow nutgrass, earth almond, rush nut, Cyperus esculentus
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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