ERAGROSTIS TEF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eragrostis tef mean? 

• ERAGROSTIS TEF (noun)
  The noun ERAGROSTIS TEF has 1 sense:

1. an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay

  Familiarity information: ERAGROSTIS TEF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERAGROSTIS TEF (noun)

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Meaning:

An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eragrostic abyssinica; Eragrostis tef; teff; teff grass

Hypernyms ("Eragrostis tef" is a kind of...):

bay grass; love grass (any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion)