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单词 job's-tears
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Job's-tears

[ johbz-teerz ]
/ ˈdʒoʊbzˈtɪərz /

noun

(used with a plural verb) the hard, nearly spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, and which when ripe are used as beads.
(used with a singular verb) the grass itself.

Origin of Job's-tears

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby Job's-tears

job-share, job sharing, job shop, Jobs, Steven, Job's syndrome, Job's-tears, jobsworth, job ticket, Joburg, job work, Jocasta
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British Dictionary definitions for Job's-tears

Job's-tears

noun

(functioning as singular) a tropical Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, cultivated for its white beadlike modified leaves, which contain edible seeds
(functioning as plural) the beadlike structures of this plant, used as rosary or ornamental beads
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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