| 单词 | grass nut | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrass nut   grass nut  n. chiefly U.S. any of various sedges or similar plants having small, edible tubers and often cultivated as crops, esp. the nutgrass  Cyperus esculentus; (also) the tuber itself.Cf. chufa n. ΚΠ 1806    M. Lewis Jrnl. 27 May in  Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. 		(1991)	 VII. 292  				One..had in his mouth two small bulbs of a speceis [sic] of grass, which resemble very much what is sometimes called the grassnut. 1835    A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 		(1843)	 184  				He was..raised upon nothing but grass-nuts and sweet potatoes. 1875    Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5 377  				Under the popular name of grass-nut there is included a large number of plants with a small, round, bulbous root, all of which, with one exception, the Indians eat with much satisfaction. 1921    Weekly News Let. 		(U.S. Dept. Agric.)	 6 July 8/1  				Some stories tell of grass nuts being dug up after 30 years' burial and still sprouting. 2017    M. M. Iwu Food as Med. x. 326  				Cyperus esculentus... Common Names: Tigernut, yellow nutsedge, Chufa flatsedge, earth-almond, grass nut, rushnut, souchet sultan. < as lemmas | 
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