"Job's tears" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Job's tears pl (plural only)
  1. Coix lacryma-jobi, a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia. Wikipedia link: Job's tears Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses Synonyms: adlay Translations (Coix lacryma-jobi): دَمْع أَيُّوب (damʕ ʔayyūb) [masculine] (Arabic), ကျိတ်ပင် (kyitpang) (Burmese), llàgrimes de Job [feminine, plural] (Catalan), ᏎᎷ ᎤᏂᏥ (selu unitsi) (Cherokee), 薏苡 (yìyǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), sila (Fijian), jobinkyynelheinä (Finnish), Hiobsträne [feminine] (German), Hiobstränengras (German), pūʻoheʻohe (Hawaiian), ʻoheʻohe (Hawaiian), 薏苡 (yokui) (alt: よくい) (Japanese), ស្កួយ (skuəy) (Khmer), 염주 (yeomju) (alt: 念珠) (Korean), 율무 (yulmu) (Korean), jelai (Malay), enjelai (Malay), tangatanga (Maori), delay (Maranao), اشک روباه (ašk rubâh) (Persian), شال تسبیح (šâl tasbih) (Persian), бу́сенник обыкнове́нный (búsennik obyknovénnyj) [masculine] (Russian), ио́влевы слёзы (ióvlevy sljózy) [feminine, plural] (Russian), sanasana (Samoan), sagasaga (Samoan), abukay (Tagalog), poepoe (Tahitian), เดือย (dʉai) (Thai), hana (Tongan), бусеннік звичайний (busennik zvyčajnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), сльо́зи Іова (slʹózy Iova) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian), bo bo (Vietnamese), ý dĩ (Vietnamese), cườm thảo (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "Coix lacryma-jobi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "сльо́зи Іова"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Coix lacryma-jobi",
      "word": "bo bo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Coix lacryma-jobi",
      "word": "ý dĩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Coix lacryma-jobi",
      "word": "cườm thảo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Job's tears"
}

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