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☆ fri·jol (frē′hōl′; also frē hōl′)

noun pl. frijoles fri·jo′·les′ (frē hō′lēz′, -lāz′, -lās′; also frē′hō′lēz′, -hōlz′)

  1. any of various beans used for food, esp. any of certain kidney beans so used in Mexico and the SW U.S.
    also frijole fri·jo′le (frē hō′lē; frē′hōl′, frē hōl′)
  2. refried beans

Etymology: Sp fríjol, fréjol < L faseolus, earlier phaselus < Gr phasēlos, kind of bean

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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