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The LanguaL 2017™ Thesaurus  -  Systematic Display


 Updated 2018-06-12

 

FTCB2341
Descriptor    JOB'S TEARS
Synonym(s)coix lacryma-jobi 
Scope note 
Taxon Info 
Scientific family    Poaceae  [ITIS TSN 40351] 
Scientific name(s)   Coix lacryma-jobi L.  [ITIS TSN 41586] 
 Coix lacryma-jobi L.  [GRIN-Global Nomen 11129] 
 Coix lacryma-jobi L.  [PLANTS Symbol ] 
  [Mansfeld taxid 36435 ] 
Description 
Job's Tears, Coixseed, adlay, or adlai, is a tall grain-bearing tropical plant of the family Poaceae (grass family) native to East Asia and peninsular Malaysia but elsewhere cultivated in gardens as an annual. The variety Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen is harvested as a cereal crop and is used medicinally in parts of Asia. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job%27s_tears]  



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