add. ·- 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.
2. frejol ·add. ·- 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.