TEFF

teff, teff grass, Eragrostis tef, Eragrostic abyssinica

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

teff (countable and uncountable, plural teffs)

A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.

The fine grain of this plant.

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Source: Wiktionary



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