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Definition of mexican-bean in English English dictionary
- Mexican jumping bean
- 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
- Mexican bean
- {i} frijole
- Mexican bean beetle
- A spotted ladybug (Epilachna varivestis) of the southern United States and Mexico that feeds on the leaves of the bean plant
- mexican bean beetle
- introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant
- mexican jumping bean
- 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