chufa, yellow nutgrass, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, Cyperus esculentus
(noun) European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chufa (plural chufas)
Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).
• chufa sedge, yellow nutsedge, tigernut sedge, earthalmond
• fauch
Source: Wiktionary
Chu"fa, n. Etym: [Sp.] (Bot.)
Definition: A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
