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noun
Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: yellow nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, Cyperus esculentus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sedge
History
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”).
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