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teff
[ tef ]
/ tɛf /
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noun
a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to northern Africa, where it is cultivated for its edible seeds.
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Origin of teff
1780–90; <Amharic t’ef; compare Geez t’ah’əf,t’ayəf
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How to use teff in a sentence
About the 20th of November they reap the first barley, then the wheat, and last of all the 'teff.'
Celebrated Travels and Travellers|Jules VerneThin unleavened cakes of sour teff heaped one upon the other served as platters.
The Highlands of Ethiopia|William Cornwallis HarrisThe Teff is almost deserted, and near the sources of the Japur there remained but the fragments of the great nation of the Umaa.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon|Jules VerneAbout the 20th of November they begin to reap, first the barley, then the wheat, and lastly the teff.