(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:29:52

Chu"fa (?), n. [Sp.] Bot.

A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

 

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