frijol

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciationsEnglish: /ˈfriːhəʊl/, Spanish: /friˈxol/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(frē′hōl, frē hōl′; Sp. frē hôl′)

fri•jol n., pl. fri•jo•les

Plant Biologyany bean of the genus Phaseolus, esp. the kidney bean, the seeds of which are used for food in Mexico, in the southwestern U.S., etc.

Also, fri•jo•le

Latin faseolus; see feijoado
a dialect, dialectal source, akin to Galician freixó, feixoo, earlier feijoo
Spanish, earlier fresol, fesol
1570–80

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frijol /ˈfriːhəʊl; Spanish: friˈxol/ n ( pl -joles /-həʊlz; Spanish: -ˈxoles/)

a variety of bean, esp of the French bean, extensively cultivated for food in Mexico

Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish, ultimately from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phasēlus, from Greek phasēlos bean with edible pod

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