Rush Nut (Noun)
Meaning
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The botanist identified the European sedge plant, commonly known for its rush nut.
- She had a few rush nut specimens stored in the university's herbarium.
- Some edible tubers of rush nut plants grow under water and must be dived for.
- Drying and then pounding rush nut is said to have once made an effective thickening agent for cooking.
- Because it doesn't appear above water except to seed, harvesting rush nut required one to forage at exactly the right moment.