Chu·fa n. Bot. A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.
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chufa
n : European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers [syn: yellow
nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, Cyperus
esculentus]