Definition of frijole
frijoles
play \frē-ˈhō-lēz, ˈfrē-ˌ\: any of various beans used in Mexican style cooking —usually used in plural
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Origin and Etymology of frijole
American Spanish frijol, from Spanish, kidney bean, from earlier fesol, fresol, probably modification of Galician feijoo, from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phaselus cowpea, from Greek phasēlos
First Known Use: 1577
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