"teff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɛf/ Forms: teffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛf Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|am|ጤፍ|tr=ṭēff}} Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} teff (countable and uncountable, plural teffs)
  1. A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Ethiopia Categories (lifeform): Grains, Grasses Coordinate_terms (Cereals): cereal Translations (grass): milička habešská (Czech), tefheinä (Finnish), Teff [masculine] (German), Zwerghirse [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-teff-en-noun-D5qtvOaj Disambiguation of Ethiopia: 100 0 Disambiguation of Grains: 84 16 Disambiguation of Grasses: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 99 1 Disambiguation of 'Cereals': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'grass': 100 0
  2. The fine grain of this plant. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (grain): ጤፍ (ṭēff) (Amharic), 苔麸 (tái fū) (Chinese Mandarin), tefhirssi (Finnish), mil éthiopien [masculine] (French), xaafii (Oromo), ṭaffi (Oromo), xaffi (Oromo), miłka abisyńska (Polish), teff [masculine] (Spanish), ጣፍ (ṭaff) (Tigrinya)
    Sense id: en-teff-en-noun-zxplF7Xd Disambiguation of 'grain': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tef Related terms: injera
Coordinate_terms: barley, fonio, maize, corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, triticale, wheat

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