Kikuyu

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Kikuyu /kɪˈkuːjuː/

▶noun (pl. same or Kikuyus)

• 1 a member of a people forming the largest ethnic group in Kenya.

• 2 the Bantu language of the Kikuyu.

• 3 (kikuyu or kikuyu grass) a creeping perennial grass which is native to Kenya and cultivated elsewhere as a lawn and fodder grass. [Pennisetum clandestinum.]

– origin the name in Kikuyu.