/ki kooh"yooh/ , n. , pl. Kikuyus , ( esp. collectively ) Kikuyu .
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 called kikuyu grass . a grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to southern Africa, sometimes used in warm climates for lawns or as pasturage.