HyperDic: mexican_jumping_bean

English > 1 sense of the expression Mexican jumping bean:
NOUNplantMexican jumping bean, jumping bean, jumping seedseed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
English > Mexican jumping bean: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningseed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble.
Synonymsjumping bean, jumping seed
Part ofSebastiana, genus SebastianaMexican spurges
BroaderseedA small hard fruit

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