Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

‖

Noun.

[Sp.]

(Bot.)

A sedgelike plant (

Cyperus esculentus

) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

See also: chufa, chufá, and chūfā

chǔfá (Zhuyin ㄔㄨˇ ㄈㄚˊ)