job's-tears

Job's-tears

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Definitions of job's-tears word

noun job's-tears (used with a plural verb) the hard, nearly spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, and which when ripe are used as beads. 1
noun job's-tears (used with a singular verb) the grass itself. 1
noun job's-tears a tropical Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, cultivated for its white beadlike modified leaves, which contain edible seeds 0
noun job's-tears the beadlike structures of this plant, used as rosary or ornamental beads 0
noun job's-tears a coarse, annual tropical grass (Coix lacryma-jobi) which bears hard, beadlike structures (modified leaves) containing edible grains 0
noun plural job's-tears the beads, often used ornamentally 0

before 1590

One of the 37% oldest English words

First recorded in 1590-1600

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