/ Dictionary / Index J Job's-tears: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Job's-tears Pronunciation: ( jōbz'tērz'), [key] — n. the hard, nearly spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, and which when ripe are used as beads. the grass itself. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: job's-tears (Thesaurus) job shop job stick Related Content Daily Word Quiz: acquiesce Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language