chufa

Thân thiện

A farmer harvests chufa tubers from the soil.

Definition

Noun: * A European sedge plant (Cyperus esculentus var. sativus) cultivated for its small, edible, nutlike tubers. These tubers are also known as tiger nuts or earth almonds.

Usage

• chufa is used as a singular noun to refer to the plant species or its edible tuber.
• It is a specific botanical term and is not commonly used in everyday conversation outside of agricultural, botanical, or specialty food contexts.

Examples

• The chufa is a type of sedge native to the Mediterranean region.
• Farmers are planting chufa as a cover crop and for its nutritious tubers.
• The flour is made from ground chufa tubers.

Advanced Usage

• chufa tuber: The specific edible part of the plant.
  • Chufa tubers are rich in fiber and healthy fats.
• chufa field: An area of land cultivated with this plant.
  • The wildlife management area maintains a large chufa field to attract turkeys.

Variants and Related Words

• tiger nut: A common commercial name for the edible tuber of the chufa plant.
• earth almond: Another common name for the tuber.
• yellow nutsedge: The name for the wild, often weedy, variety of the same species (), which is typically not cultivated for consumption.

Synonyms

• Nut sedge (specifically for the cultivated variety).
• Edible sedge (descriptive term).

Related Phrases / Collocations

• to grow chufa: To cultivate the plant.
  • The climate here is ideal to grow chufa.
• chufa flour/horchata: Products made from the tubers.
  • Chufa horchata is a traditional Spanish drink.

Học thuật

Noun

1. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

Từ đồng nghĩa

• yellow nutgrass
• earth almond
• ground almond
• rush nut
• Cyperus esculentus