JOB'S TEARS


Meaning of JOB'S TEARS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun plural ]

Date: 1597

1. : hard usually pearly white seeds of a tropical southeast Asian grass ( Coix lacryma-jobi ) often used as beads

2. singular in construction : the grass producing Job's tears

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.