JUMPING BEAN


Meaning of JUMPING BEAN in English

noun Date: circa 1889 a seed of any of several Mexican shrubs (genera Sebastiania and Sapium ) of the spurge family that tumbles about because of the movements of the larva of a small tortricid moth ( Cydia saltitans syn. Laspeyresia saltitans ) inside it

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