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teff.

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

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Meaning & usage

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

    countable · uncountable
  2. The fine grain of this plant.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff).

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