Job's-tears

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jōbz′tērz′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Job's-tears  ( jōbz′tērz′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. (used with a pl. v.) 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.
  2. (used with a sing. v.) the grass itself.
  • 1590–1600

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