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/tef/, n.a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to northern Africa, where it is cultivated for its edible seeds.[1780-90; < Amharic t'ef; cf. Geez t'ah'af, t'ayaf]
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teff — /tɛf/ (say tef) noun a cereal crop, Eragrostis abyssinica, grown especially in Ethiopia, where the fine grain is ground into flour, fermented for three days, and then made into a sourdough flatbread. Also, teff grass. {Amharic teffa lost, with… …
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teff grass — noun an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay • Syn: ↑teff, ↑Eragrostis tef, ↑Eragrostic abyssinica • Hypernyms: ↑love grass, ↑bay grass * * * noun see … Useful english dictionary
teff — noun Etymology: Amharic ṭef Date: 1790 an economically important Ethiopian annual cereal grass (Eragrostis tef syn. E. abyssinica) grown for its small grain which yields a white flour and as a forage and hay crop … New Collegiate Dictionary
teff — noun a) A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia b) The fine grain of this plant … Wiktionary
