单词	Job's tears
释义	Job's tears /dʒəʊbz / plural noun A SE Asian grass which bears its seeds inside hollow pear-shaped receptacles, which are grey and shiny and sometimes used as beads. Coix lacryma-jobi, family Gramineae. Alternative staples such as foxtail millet, Job's tears, taro, yams and sago played a more important role in other parts of the archipelago.... Salicylic acid combined with ‘ethnobotanicals,’ like Job's tears, yarrow and burdock, is more effective. Prepare 50 grams of sticky rice, 250 grams of seeds of Job's tears, 20 grams of Chinese dates and 20 grams of longan. Origin Late 16th century: named after the patriarch Job.
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