Mexican jumping bean
Mexican jumping bean · Mexican jumping beans
A type of seed of a shrub of the genus Sebastiania in which a larva has hatched from…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 (Cydia deshaisiana, the movement of the larva causing the seed to move around.
Meaning
1 sensesA type of seed of a shrub of the genus Sebastiania in which a larva has hatched from an egg laid there by a moth (Cydia deshaisiana, the movement of the larva causing the seed to move around.
More definitions
- seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
Translations
1 languagesForms
plural: Mexican jumping beans| Singular | Mexican jumping bean |
|---|---|
| Plural | Mexican jumping beans |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble:jumping beanjumping seed
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.