tiger nut

Definition

Food

  • A small wrinkled brown tuber which forms on the roots of a plant, Cyperus esculentus, that grows around the Mediterranean. It has a crisp, sweet, nutty-flavoured white flesh and is eaten as is, in ice cream or is ground to make the Spanish drink horchata.
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