rush nut
- noun
- Archaic
:
chufa
- In some regions, rush nut tubers are collected and eaten as a delicacy.
Examples
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The small rush nut is often overlooked despite its nutritious tubers.
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Botanists have identified the rush nut growing near the wetlands in spring.
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The rush nut is known for its unique flavor.
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Many people enjoy harvesting rush nuts in the fall.
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In some regions, rush nut tubers are collected and eaten as a delicacy.
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Botanists have identified the rush nut growing near the wetlands in spring.
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The small rush nut is often overlooked despite its nutritious tubers.
Synonyms
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A plant like grass with small edible nutlike parts under the ground
A grass-like plant that makes small sweet edible tubers called tiger nuts
A small plant with edible parts like nuts that grow under the ground
A small edible root like a tiny nut that people eat or use in food
A plant with small edible tubers you can dig up and eat
A common weed that has small edible tubers like tiny potatoes underground
A small European plant with edible tubers that look like nuts
A grass-like plant with small round edible underground tubers that often grows as a weed
A grass-like plant with small edible nutlike roots often seen as a weed
A grasslike plant with small edible parts under the ground that often grows as a weed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rush nut may come from the plant's look: it grows among rush plants in wet places and has small, hard, round tubers like a nut. That's why the name today means 'a small edible tuber' from that marsh plant.