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fri·jol

F0329100 (frē-hōl′, frē′hōl′) also fri·jo·le (frē-hō′lĕ, -lā)n. pl. fri·jo·les (frē-hō′lĕs, -lāz) Southwestern US A bean cultivated and used for food.

[Spanish, variant of fréjol, from Old Spanish frisol, from Catalan fesol, from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phasēlus, a type of legume, from Greek phasēlos.]

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Noun	1.	frijole - the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)frijol, kidney beangenus Phaseolus, Phaseolus - herbs of warm regions including most American beanscommon bean, common bean plant, Phaseolus vulgaris - the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
	2.	frijole - Mexican bean; usually driedcommon bean - any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried

frijole

(frēhō`lē) [Span. fríjol ], in Mexico and the Spanish-American countries, any cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus. The term frijole refers to the small, flat, black bean that ranks next to corn in importance in the diet of most Latin American countries. It is probably of South American origin and belongs to the same family as the bean introduced into Europe in the 16th cent., from which sprang many of the modern cultivated varieties.

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noun the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)

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noun Mexican bean

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