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Job's tears
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English
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒəʊbz.tɪə(ɹ)z/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Job's tears.wav Southern England
Noun
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A tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the species Coix lacryma-jobi species (family Poaceae family), native to southeast Asia.
en adlay adlay millet coix seed gromwell grass tear grass
Translations
Coix lacryma-jobi
Arabic: ar دَمْع أَيُّوب m
Burmese: my ကျိတ်ပင်
Catalan: ca llàgrimes de Job f-p
Cherokee: chr ᏎᎷ ᎤᏂᏥ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 薏苡 yìyǐ
Fijian: fj sila
Finnish: fi jobinkyynelheinä
German: de Hiobsträne f, de Hiobstränengras
Hawaiian: haw pūʻoheʻohe, haw ʻoheʻohe
Japanese: ja 数珠玉 juzudama, ja 薏苡 yokui
Khmer: km ស្កួយ
Korean: ko 염주(念珠), ko 율무
Malay: ms jelai, ms enjelai
Māori: mi tangatanga
Maranao: mrw delay
Mizo: lus mîm
Naga:
Khiamniungan Naga: kix lǖnyàk
Persian: fa اشک روباه ašk rubâh, fa شال تسبیح šâl tasbih
Polish: pl łzawnica ogrodowa f
Russian: ru бу́сенник обыкнове́нный m, ru ио́влевы слёзы f-p
Samoan: sm sanasana, sm sagasaga
Tagalog: tl abukay
Tahitian: ty poepoe
Thai: th เดือย
Tongan: to hana
Ukrainian: uk бусеннік звичайний m, uk сльо́зи Іова f-p
Vietnamese: vi bo bo, vi ý dĩ, vi cườm thảo
References
1 Coix lacryma-jobi
1 Coix lacryma-jobi
en eponyms
en Andropogoneae tribe grasses
en terms derived from the Bible