Coix Lacryma-Jobi Small 127×320 Medium 255×640 Large 407×1024 Download Tiff Original 955×2400 | (409.6 KB) Description The common name of coix lacryma-jobi is Job's tears. The beads or "tears" are pearly white to a lead color. The grass grows two to four feet tall. Keywords coix, coix lacryma-jobi, Job's tears Galleries Grasses and Grains Source: L. H. Bailey Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (New York, New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917)