RUSH NUT

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Meaning:

European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

Synonyms:

chufa; Cyperus esculentus; earth almond; ground almond; rush nut; yellow nutgrass

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rush nut" is a kind of...):

sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)

Holonyms ("rush nut" is a member of...):

Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)

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