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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Job \Job\ (j[=o]b), n.
     The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the
     prototypical patient man.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Job's comforter.
     (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under
         pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes.
     (b) A boil. [Colloq.]
  
     Job's news, bad news. --Carlyle.
  
     Job's+tears+(Bot.),+a+kind+of+grass+({Coix+Lacryma" rel="nofollow">Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Coix Lacryma), with
        hard, shining, pearly grains.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Job \Job\, n.
     The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the
     typical patient man.
  
     Job's comforter.
     (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under
         pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes.
     (b) A boil. [Colloq.]
  
     Job's news, bad news. --Carlyle.
  
     Job's+tears+(Bot.),+a+kind+of+grass+({Coix+Lacryma" rel="nofollow">Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Coix Lacryma), with
        hard, shining, pearly grains.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Job's tears
       n : hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Job's tears
     n.
     ''Coix lacryma-jobi'', a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant
  of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Job's tears
     n.
     ''Coix lacryma-jobi'', a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant
  of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Job's tears
     n.
     ''Coix lacryma-jobi'', a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant
  of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Job's tears
     n.
     ''Coix lacryma-jobi'', a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant
  of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  Job's tears /dʒˈɒb ˈɛs tˈiəz/
  Hiobstränengras , Hiobsträne  [bot.]
           Note: Coix lacryma-jobi
     Synonym: coixseed, adlay, adlai
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  Job's tears /dʒˈɒb ˈɛs tˈiəz/ 
  jobinkyynelheinä, sila
  Coix lacryma-jobi

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  job`s tears /dʒˈɒb ˈɛs tˈiəz/
  1. könnyfû
  2. kôfû
  3. jób könnye
  4. kôcsepp

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  Job's tears /dʒˈɒb ˈɛs tˈiəz/ 
  薏苡
  Coix lacryma-jobi

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