/free"hohl, free hohl"/ ; Sp. /frddee hawl"/ , n. , pl. frijoles /free"hohlz, free hoh"leez/ ; Sp. /frddee haw"les/ .
any bean of the genus Phaseolus, esp. the kidney bean, the seeds of which are used for food in Mexico, in the southwestern U.S., etc.
Also, frijole /free hoh"lee/ .
[ 1570-80; fresol, fesol freixó, feixoo, earlier feijoo faseolus; see FEIJOADO ]