teff

teff  (tf)

n.

A love grass (Eragrostis tef) native to northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia, used as a cereal crop and livestock forage.

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[Amharic ef; see p in Semitic roots.]

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Noun

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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