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
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.
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be ādancingā after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. Thatās how the first coffee drink was born.
