: a seed of any of several Mexican shrubs (genera Sebastiania and Sapium) of the spurge family that tumbles about because of the movements of the larva of a small tortricid moth (Cydia saltitans synonym C. deshaisiana) inside it
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Tiny jumping beans can hop to their heart's content while safely inside on this 3-foot trampoline.—
Samantha McIntyre,
Parents,
24 Oct. 2023 Australia's Alison Wonderland will be a jumping bean behind the decks.—
Kat Bein,
Billboard,
28 Feb. 2018 Still, the patients’ stories wriggled like jumping beans in my brain.—
Julie Rehmeyer,
Slate Magazine,
12 June 2017