Job's tears
/dʒəʊb/plural noun
1- a SE Asian grass which bears its seeds inside hollow pear-shaped receptacles, which are grey and shiny and sometimes used as beads.薏苡。
1.1
- Coix lacryma-jobi, family Gramineae.拉丁名Coix lacryma-jobi, 禾本科。
词源
late 16th cent.: named after the patriarch JOB.