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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | © A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Coix (family Gramineae) A genus of 6 grass species which occur in tropical Asia. C. lachryma-jobi is Job's tears, a cultivated cereal of subtropical Asia.

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