jumping bean

noun

A Mexican jumping bean.

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jumping seedMexican jumping bean
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Meanings

nounjumping bean (plural jumping beans)

plural jumping beans

  1. A Mexican jumping bean.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounseed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble

Similar
jumping seedMexican jumping bean
Broader
seed
Also see
mexican jumping bean

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

jumping bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumping%20bean

MLA

“jumping bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumping%20bean. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jumping bean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumping%20bean.

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