mexican jumping bean

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Definition of mexican jumping bean in English English dictionary

A type of seed of a shrub of the genus Sebastiania in which a larva has hatched from an egg laid there by a moth, the movement of the larva causing the seed to move around

jumping bean: seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble

Related Terms

Mexican jumping beans

plural form of Mexican jumping bean

Mexican bean

{i} frijole

Hyphenation

Mex·i·can jumping bean

Turkish pronunciation

meksıkın cʌmpîng bin

Pronunciation

/ˈmeksəkən ˈʤəmpəɴɢ ˈbēn/ /ˈmɛksəkən ˈʤʌmpɪŋ ˈbiːn/