Chufa \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.
Cyperus esculentus n : European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers [syn: {chufa}, {yellow nutgrass}, {earth almond}, {ground almond}, {rush nut}]