mexican jumping beans

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Definition of mexican jumping beans in English English dictionary

plural form of Mexican jumping bean

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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 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

Hyphenation

Mex·i·can jumping beans

Turkish pronunciation

meksıkın cʌmpîng binz

Pronunciation

/ˈmeksəkən ˈʤəmpəɴɢ ˈbēnz/ /ˈmɛksəkən ˈʤʌmpɪŋ ˈbiːnz/