释义 |
job's tears noun plural Usage: usually capitalized J Etymology: after Job, Old Testament patriarch who wept because of his many afflictions (Job 16:16 ff) 1. : hard pearly white seeds often sold as beads or strung in necklaces 2. singular in construction : an Asiatic grass (Coix lacryma-jobi) now widely cultivated in the tropics that produces Job's tears in ornamental and edible varieties — called also tear grass
[Job's tears 2] |