单词 | teff |
释义 | teffn. An important cereal of Ethiopia, Poa (Eragrostis) abyssinica, producing minute red or white grains from which bread is made; introduced elsewhere as a fodder plant. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > other grains buckwheat1548 brank1577 bullimong1578 sesame1600 block-wheat1611 fundi1670 kurakkan1681 manna seeds1764 manna1780 teff1790 bajra1813 semsem1866 sesame grain1867 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > other grains buckwheat1548 brank1577 bullimong1578 block-wheat1611 kurakkan1681 rice1713 teff1790 bajra1813 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile V. 77 Teff is used by all sorts of people from the king downwards, and there are kinds of it which are esteemed fully as much as wheat. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 333/2 There are three kinds of meal made from teff, of which the best..is as white as flour,..the second is of a browner colour; and the last..is nearly black. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 823. 1887 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) Jan. 2–6. 1894 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) Nov. 378 A slender annual grass, known in Abyssinia as ‘Taff’, ‘Ttheff’, or ‘Thaff’..cultivated for the sake of its grain all over Abyssinia... According to Richard there are green, white, red, and purple Teffs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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