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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