chufa

Meaning

Noun

• Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).

Related

Similar words

• chufa sedge, yellow nutsedge, tigernut sedge, earthalmond

Origin

• Borrowed from Spanish chufa, possibly from Latin cȳphi ("gallingale perfume"), from Ancient Greek κῦφι ("a kind of Egyptian incense"), from Egyptian kꜣpt ("incense"), a nominal derivative of kꜣp.