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‖ feijão, n.|fəiˈʒãu|
[Pg. (sing.), f. L. phaseolus, faseolus edible bean.]
Any of various edible beans, esp. forms of the haricot bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, used as a staple item of diet in Brazil. Cf. *feijoada n.
1857Kidder & Fletcher Brazil & Brazilians x. 173 An excellent dish..always finds a place on a Brazilian table. It is compounded of the feijão, or black beans of the country, mingled with some carne secca (jerked beef) and fat pork. 1933P. Fleming Brazilian Adventure i. xvi. 135 Rice and black beans (which we had now learnt to call feijao) were still our staple food. 1986Financial Times 17 July 38/12 Feijao beans up 24.1 per cent. |