1.
[syn: kidney bean, frijol, frijole]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Frijol \Fri"jol\, Frijole \Fri"jole\, n.; pl. Frijoles. Also
Frejol \Fre"jol\ [Sp. fr['i]jol, fr['e]jol.]
1. In Mexico, the southwestern United States, and the West
Indies, any cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus, esp.
the black seed of a variety of P. vulgaris.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The beanlike seed of any of several related plants, as the
cowpea. Frijoles are an important article of diet among
Spanish-American peoples, being used as an ingredient of
many dishes.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] frijolillo
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
frijol
n 1: the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the
pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped
beans) [syn: kidney bean, frijol, frijole]