Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sedge (Cyperus esculentus) sometimes cultivated for its edible nutlike tubers, and often occurring as a weed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of sedge, Cyperus esculentus, the tuberous roots of which are used as a vegetable in the south of Europe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A sedgelike plant (
Cyperus esculentus ) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Cyperus esculentus, a species of
sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edibletubers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Just overlook a food source ie bean fields chufa patches and greenfields, turnips.
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Just overlook a food source ie bean fields chufa patches and greenfields, turnips.
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I would add chufa to the list deer and turkey love them
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One Friday afternoon, en route to the medieval rectory that served as the family's country home, Javier suddenly veered sharply right upon hearing I'd never had horchata de chufa , a sweet milk made from tiger nuts.
A Fish Tale Katy McLaughlin 2012
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I would add chufa to the list deer and turkey love them
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Till the ground well and broadcast 30 to 50 pounds of chufa seed per acre.
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Though some chufa may regenerate, replanting it annually will ensure a full crop.
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Chinese Water Chestnut and Tiger Nut The Chinese water chestnut and the tiger nut, or chufa, are both members of the sedge family, a group of water grasses that includes papyrus.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Orgeat also became the Spanish word horchata, which gradually evolved from a barley drink to a drink made with either rice or the chufa or tiger “nut” p.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The Spanish make the sweet drink horchata de chufa from dried tiger nuts by soaking them in water, grinding and resoaking, straining, and adding sugar.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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