[tef] 
| a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to northern Africa, where it is cultivated for its edible seeds. |
| teff (těf) n. A love grass (Eragrostis tef) native to northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia, used as a cereal crop and livestock forage. [Amharic ṭef; see ṭḥp in Semitic roots.] |