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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.

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- 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...
- Apios americana (hog potato or groundnut) Cyperus esculentus (tigernut or chufa) Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke or sunchoke) Hemerocallis spp...
- names, including tall flatsedge, nutgr****, tall nutgr****, umbrella sedge, chufa, Earth almond, zula nuts, edible galingale and pale galingale. This species...
- Ayalew Mesfin Chufa (Amharic: አያለው መስፍን ቹፋ, romanized: ʼayālaw masefené čufā) is an Ethiopian musician. He is one of the most important figures of Ethio-Groove...
- Retrieved 2010-03-15. Makareviciene et al., "Opportunities for the use of chufa sedge in biodiesel production", Industrial Crops and Products, 50 (2013)...
- off of the spoils. El Cid defends the city of Valencia, defeating King Chufa ibn Tashfin of the Almoravids. El Cid restores his honor and grants his...
- Horchata is the name of several kinds of drinks made of rice, ground almonds, sesame seeds, barley, or tigernuts (chufas)....
- cattails) were important pre-agricultural food sources for man. Two sedges, chufa (Cyperus esculentus, also a significant weed) and water chestnut (Eleocharis...