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Job's-tears definition

Job's·-tears (jōbz′tirz′)

noun

a coarse, annual tropical grass (Coix lacryma-jobi) which bears hard, beadlike structures (modified leaves) contain edible grains

Etymology: see Job

plural noun

the beads, often used ornamentally

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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