frijol

Noun

fri=jol

WORDNET DICTIONARY

frijol(n = noun.plant) frijole, kidney bean - the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans); Array

is a member of genus phaseolus, phaseolus

is a kind of common bean, common bean plant, phaseolus vulgaris

frijol, n. [Sp. fríjol, fréjol.].

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.]
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.]