noun, plural Ki·ku·yus, (especially collectively) Ki·ku·yu.
- a member of an indigenous people of Kenya having an agricultural economy and notable as being the originators of the Mau Mau.
- the language of the Kikuyu, a Bantu language.
- (usually lowercase) Also called kikuyu grass. a grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to southern Africa, sometimes used in warm climates for lawns or as pasturage.
noun
- plural -yus or -yu a member of a Negroid people of E Africa, living chiefly in Kenya on the high foothills around Mount Kenya
- the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family