teff
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• noun
The extremely small, highly nutritious grain yielded by the teff grass, or the gluten-free flour ground from it, which is traditionally used to make the fermented flatbread known as injera.
"She mixed the dark teff flour with water and left the batter to ferment for three days before cooking the spongy flatbread."
An annual, tufted cereal grass native to the Horn of Africa, predominantly cultivated in Ethiopia and Eritrea for its high nutritional value and resilience in difficult climates.
"Farmers in the Ethiopian highlands have relied on growing teff for millennia because it withstands both waterlogged soils and periods of drought."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff), possibly derived from a Semitic root meaning 'to be lost', referring to the seed's extremely small size, which makes it nearly impossible to find if dropped.
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