teff
A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
Noun
- 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.
- She begs the cook to help lift the bags of teff and check their weight. - 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 23:
Origin
Borrowed from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff).