Meanings
plural Mexican jumping beans
- 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 (Cydia deshaisiana, the movement of the larva causing the seed to move around.
Synonyms: jumping bean
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of seed of a shrub of the genus Sebastiania in which a larva has hatched from an egg laid there by a moth (Cydia deshaisiana, the movement of the larva causing the seed to move around.
More synonyms by meaning
nounseed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish meksikolainen hyppypapu
- meksikolainen hyppypapuseed of a Sebastiania shrub with a hatched moth larva
French pois sauteur
- pois sauteurseed of a Sebastiania shrub with a hatched moth larva
Cite this entry
Mexican jumping bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexican%20jumping%20bean
“Mexican jumping bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexican%20jumping%20bean. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mexican jumping bean,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mexican%20jumping%20bean.
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