Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chufa"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chufa \Chu"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
A sedgelike plant ({Cyperus esculentus}) producing edible
tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in
many regions; the earth almond.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chufa
n : European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers [syn: {yellow
nutgrass}, {earth almond}, {ground almond}, {rush nut}, {Cyperus
esculentus}]
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