teff — English Dictionary

Noun

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

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

2. The fine grain of this plant.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   She begs the cook to help lift the bags of teff and check their weight.

Noun

1. an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay

   Synonyms

   teff grassEragrostis tefEragrostic abyssinica

   Broader terms

   love grassbay grass