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Definition of Chufa

Chufa
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.

Meaning of Chufa from wikipedia

- Cyperus esculentus (also called chufa, tiger nut, atadwe, yellow nutsedge, earth almond, and in Chishona, pfende) is a species of plant in the sedge family...
- horchata or kunnu. The drink now known as horchata de chufa (also sometimes called horchata de chufas or, in West African countries such as Nigeria and Mali...
- turmeric. Some ****es may be particular to the region, such as ash berries, chufa, grains of paradise, orris root, monk's pepper, cubebs, dried rosebud, fennel...
- names, including tall flatsedge, nutgr****, tall nutgr****, umbrella sedge, chufa, Earth almond, zula nuts, edible galingale and pale galingale. This species...
- Tiger nut drink, also known as horchata de chufa in Spain and kunu aya or ofio in Nigeria, is a Nigerian drink made from tiger nuts. It is also known...
- Apios americana (hog potato or groundnut) Cyperus esculentus (tigernut or chufa) Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke or sunchoke) Hemerocallis spp...
- spike-rush (Eleocharis), sawgr**** (Cladium), nutsedge or nutgr**** (also called chufa, Cyperus esculentus/Cyperus rotundus, a cultivated crop and common weed)...
- cattails) were important pre-agricultural food sources for man. Two sedges, chufa (Cyperus esculentus, also a significant weed) and water chestnut (Eleocharis...
- also seen cultivation of tuber plants such as wild potato, garlic, and chufa that could grow in cold, frozen soil. Because of this reliance on farming...
- in a gl**** with ice. Horchata orxata Valencian Community drink typical mediterranean beverage made of tigernuts (chufas), mixed with water and sugar....