different between teff vs eragrostis

English

Alternative forms

• tef

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ?? (??ff).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?f/

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.
2. The fine grain of this plant.

Coordinate terms

• (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat

See also

• injera

Translations

Further reading

• teff on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “teff”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Italian

Etymology

From Amharic ?? (??ff).

Noun

teff m (invariable)

1. teff

Spanish

Noun

teff m (plural teffs)

1. teff

English

Etymology

From the genus name Eragrostis.

Noun

eragrostis

1. Any of several species of grass from the genus Eragrostis; lovegrass.
   • 1969, Bessie Head, When Rain Clouds Gather, Heinemann 1995, p. 28:

     Springing up between the carrot-seed during the first season were the long frail, feathery stalks of the wind-blown eragrostis, a lush sweet grass.