[free-hohl, free-hohl; Sp. free-hawl] 
[free-hohlz, free-hoh-leez; Sp. free-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. |
[free-hoh-lee] .
| fri·jol (frē-hōl', frē'hōl') n. pl. fri·jo·les (frē-hō'lēz, frē'hō'-) Southwestern U.S. A bean cultivated and used for food. [Spanish, variant of fréjol, from Old Spanish frisol, from Catalan fesol, from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phasēlus, a type of legume, from Greek phasēlos.] |