frijole

frijole
also frijol noun (plural frijoles) Etymology: 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 Date: 1577 any of various beans used in Mexican style cooking — usually used in plural

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