Meaning

3 senses
  1. A viney legume of species Abrus precatorius.

  2. A seed of such legume.

  3. (usually plural)A round concretion consisting of calcium carbonate, found in the stomach of the crayfish.

Forms

plural: crab's eyes
Singularcrab's eye
Pluralcrab's eyes

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Abrus precatorius:jequirityrosary peaprayer beadIndian licoricewild licoricejumbie beadcrab's eye creepercock's eyespaternoster pealove peaprecatory peaprecatory beanJohn Crow beadcoral bead

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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