chufa

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Noun

HYPHEN

chu=fa

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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;

is a kind of sedge

is a member of cyperus, genus cyperus

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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]