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- noun Used as a specific epithet to indicate a kind of grass
- noun Alternative form of
teff .
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Crops are plentiful, including the native grain - called tef - as well as sorghum, at least three varieties of wheat, chickpeas, beans and others.
NYT > Home Page By BONNIE F. JACOBS 2011
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Made from an Ethiopian grain called tef, injera is eaten at every meal and also serves as cutlery, used to scoop up the juicy sauces.
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Made from an Ethiopian grain called tef, injera is eaten at every meal and also serves as cutlery, used to scoop up the juicy sauces.
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Many species common in montane forest, such as trees of the genera Podocarpus and Juniperus, have economic importance, while several crops including coffee (Coffea arabica) and tef (Eragrostis tef) from the Ethiopian Highlands have been domesticated.
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Won tayme ay werked inna quarry-um, and had to feedz teh forggies ebbey dai, so mebby ai got infat…enph…inftrated…falld in lubb wit tef forggies den.
kiss me, i prince - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Teff Teff, Eragrostis tef, is the major crop in Ethiopia, but rarely grown elsewhere.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Teff Teff, Eragrostis tef, is the major crop in Ethiopia, but rarely grown elsewhere.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Barley ranks third in terms of area (after tef and sorghum) in Ethiopia.
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If scientists can grow mature, fertile plants from tissues of pearl millet, finger millet, fonio, irregular barley, and tef, they will open doors to the more rapid development of these cereals.
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(This genetic erosion is happening mainly as farmers switch to crops such a bread wheat, tef, and recently, oats.)
blafferty commented on the word tef
An Ethiopian grain, used for making injera.
May 6, 2011
blafferty commented on the word tef
See also teff.
May 6, 2011