Definitions for job's-tearsˈdʒoʊbzˈtɪərz
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Job's-tearsˈdʒoʊbzˈtɪərz(n.)
(used with a pl. v.) the hard, spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, used as beads.
Category: Plants
(used with a sing. v.) the grass itself.
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