"chufa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chufas [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|chufa}} Spanish chufa, {{der|en|la|cȳphi||gallingale perfume}} Latin cȳphi (“gallingale perfume”), {{der|en|grc|κῦφι||a kind of Egyptian incense}} Ancient Greek κῦφι (kûphi, “a kind of Egyptian incense”), {{der|en|egy|kꜣpt||incense}} Egyptian kꜣpt (“incense”) Head templates: {{en-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). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Sedges Synonyms: chufa sedge, yellow nutsedge, tigernut sedge, earthalmond Translations (Cyperus esculentus): حَبّ الْعَزِيز (ḥabb al-ʕazīz) [masculine] (Arabic), حَبّ الزَلَم (ḥabb az-zalam) [masculine] (Arabic), xufla [feminine] (Catalan), čufa [feminine] (Czech), cipero (Esperanto), termigdalo (Esperanto), maakastanja (Finnish), maamanteli (Finnish), souchet [masculine] (French), Erdmandel [feminine] (German), Tigernuss [feminine, uncommon] (German), mandulafű (Hungarian), kávégyökér (Hungarian), migdală-de-pământ [feminine] (Romanian), чуфа́ (čufá) [feminine] (Russian), земляно́й минда́ль (zemljanój mindálʹ) [masculine] (Russian), chufa [feminine] (Spanish), cuca [feminine] (Spanish), jordmandel [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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