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frijole
noun fri·jo·le \frē-ˈhō-lē\
plural fri·jo·les \frē-ˈhō-lēz, ˈfrē-ˌ\
Definition of FRIJOLE
: any of various beans used in Mexican style cooking —usually used in plural
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Variants of FRIJOLE
fri·jo·le also fri·jol \frē-ˈhōl, ˈfrē-ˌ\
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Origin 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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