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chufas

chufas is the plural of chufa.

Meaning of chufa

Noun

chufa (countable and uncountable, plural chufas)

  1. Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).
    • Chufa is most popular in two places in the Mediterranean, Spain and Egypt (especially around Damietta). In Spain, especially in the region of Valencia, chufa is used to make a drink called horchata.2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 119
    Synonyms:
    chufa sedge, yellow nutsedge, tigernut sedge, earthalmond

Questions about chufas

What is chufas the plural of?
Chufas is the plural of chufa.

Words near chufas in the dictionary

  1. Chudy
  2. Chudys
  3. chuet
  4. chuets
  5. chufa
  6. chufas
  7. chuff
  8. chuffed
  9. chuffily
  10. chuffiness
  11. chuffing

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