Kikuyu: Meaning and Definition of

Ki•ku•yu

1. a member of an indigenous people of Kenya having an agricultural economy and notable as being the originators of the Mau Mau.
2. the language of the Kikuyu, a Bantu language.
3. (usually l.c.) Also calleda grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to southern Africa, sometimes used in warm climates for lawns or as pasturage.