Job's tearsPronunciation: /dʒəʊbz/Definition of Job's tears noun a SE Asian grass which bears its seeds inside hollow pear-shaped receptacles, which are grey and shiny and sometimes used as beads. Coix lacryma-jobi, family Gramineae Origin: late 16th century: named after the patriarch JobJob's tears in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Job's tears in the US English dictionary
