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teff

[tef]
–noun
a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to northern Africa, where it is cultivated for its edible seeds.

Origin:
1780–90; < Amharic t’ef; cf. Geez t’ah’əf, t’ayəf
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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.]
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