- Mexican jumping bean
- noun Date: 1922 jumping bean
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Mexican jumping bean
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Mexican jumping bean — A Mexican jumping bean is an occurrence native to Mexico, where it is known as Frijoles saltarines . Physically, Mexican jumping beans resemble small beans, tan to brown in colour. They are a seed pod through which the larva of a small moth has… … Wikipedia
Mexican jumping bean — noun seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble • Syn: ↑jumping bean, ↑jumping seed • Hypernyms: ↑seed • Part Holonyms: ↑Sebastiana, ↑genus Sebastiana … Useful english dictionary
Mexican jumping bean — Mex′ican jump′ing bean n. jumping bean • Etymology: 1880–85 … From formal English to slang
Mexican jumping bean. — See jumping bean. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
Mexican jumping bean. — See jumping bean. [1880 85] … Useful english dictionary
Mexican jumping bean — the seed of certain Mexican shrubs, especially those of the genus Sebastiania, of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), that contain larvae of a small olethreutid moth (Laspeyresia salitans). The movements of the larvae feeding on the pulp… … Universalium
Mexican jumping bean — noun 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 … Wiktionary
Jumping Bean — may refer to: *Mexican jumping bean, a type of seed in which the egg of a small moth has been laid * Jumping Bean , a song by Tracy Bonham from her 2000 album Down Here … Wikipedia
jumping bean — n. the seed of a Mexican plant that jumps with the movement of the larva inside. * * * noun, pl ⋯ beans [count] : a seed that moves when a small insect moves inside it called also Mexican jumping bean * * * ˈjumping bean 7 [jumping bean] noun a… … Useful english dictionary
jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump. Also called Mexican jumping bean. [1885 90, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
