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CHUFA

Dictionary entry overview: What does chufa mean?

• CHUFA (noun)
The noun CHUFA has 1 sense:

1. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

Familiarity information: CHUFA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHUFA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chufa; Cyperus esculentus; earth almond; ground almond; rush nut; yellow nutgrass

Hypernyms ("chufa" is a kind of...):

sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)

Holonyms ("chufa" is a member of...):

Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)

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