Job's Tears

Job's Tears (Coix lachryma), a corn-plant of India. It is a grass, sometimes rising to the height of eight feet, with the stout habit of maize, to which also it is botanically allied. The name is derived from the tear-like form of the hard, shining, bluish-white seeds, which are sometimes made into bracelets and necklaces, and are also an article of food. Though one of the worst of the cereals, it has become almost naturalised in Spain and Portugal.