JOB'S TEARS


Meaning of JOB'S TEARS in English

noun plural

Usage: usually capitalized J

Etymology: after Job, Old Testament patriarch who wept because of his many afflictions (Job 16:16 ff)

1. : hard pearly white seeds often sold as beads or strung in necklaces

2. singular in construction : an Asiatic grass ( Coix lacryma-jobi ) now widely cultivated in the tropics that produces Job's tears in ornamental and edible varieties — called also tear grass

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Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.