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Categories: Hippomaneae, Trees of Costa Rica, All articles needing additional references, Novelty items, Plants described in 1866
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jumping bean  jumping seed  Mexican jumping bean  Sebastiania pavoniana  Brincador
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Seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble WordNet 3.0
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Seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Mexican jumping beans are seed pods that have been inhabited by the larva of a small moth and are native to Mexico. Wikipedia
Sebastiania pavoniana is a species of tree in the spurge family native to Mexico and northwest Costa Rica. Wikipedia
A type of seed in which the egg of a small moth has been laid Wikipedia Disambiguation
A type of seed of a shrub of the genus Sebastiania in which a larva has hatched from an egg laid there by a moth (Cydia deshaisiana, the movement of the larva causing the seed to move around. Wiktionary
Seed of a Sebastiania shrub with a hatched moth larva. Wiktionary (translation)
A Mexican jumping bean. Wiktionary
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