HyperDic: rush_nut

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