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NOUN (1)

1. 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, Mexican jumping bean]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Mexican jumping bean
    n 1: 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, Mexican
         jumping bean]