JUMPING BEAN


Meaning of JUMPING BEAN in English

noun

or jumping seed

: a seed of any of several Mexican shrubs of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium of the family Euphorbiaceae that tumbles about because of movements of the contained larva of a small moth ( Carpocapsa saltitans )

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