English Explanatory Dictionary

chufa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).

Word forms

chufa chufas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chufa, possibly from Latin cȳphi (“gallingale perfume”), from Ancient Greek κῦφι (kûphi, “a kind of Egyptian incense”), from Egyptian kꜣpt (“incense”), a nominal derivative of kꜣp (“to cense”).

Synonyms

chufa sedge yellow nutsedge tigernut sedge earthalmond
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