Search Result for "cyperus esculentus":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers;
[syn: chufa, yellow nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, Cyperus esculentus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cyperus esculentus n 1: European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers [syn: chufa, yellow nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, Cyperus esculentus]