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teff

(tĕf)

1. An annual grass (Eragrostis tef) native to northeast Africa, having very small, edible seeds and cultivated as a cereal crop and for livestock forage.

2. The seeds of this plant, ground to produce flour.

[Amharic ṭef; see ṭḥp in Semitic roots.]

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teff

(tɛf)

n.

a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to N Africa, cultivated for its edible seeds.

[1780–90; < Amharic t'ef; compare Geez t'ah'əf, t'ayəf]

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teff - an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay

Eragrostic abyssinica, Eragrostis tef, teff grass

bay grass, love grass - any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion

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