teff
teff · teffs
Teff, Zwerghirse
A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in…A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
/tɛf/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
Teff, Zwerghirse
(countable, uncountable)The fine grain of this plant.
More definitions
- an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay
Translations
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By meaning 1
grass:
Origin
Borrowed from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff).Borrowed from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff).
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Forms
plural: teffsSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay:teff grassEragrostis tefEragrostic abyssinica
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedinjera
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable