frijoles

noun, plural fri·jo·les [free-hohlz, free-hoh-leez; Spanish free-haw-les] /ˈfri hoʊlz, friˈhoʊ liz; Spanish friˈhɔ lɛs/.

any bean of the genus Phaseolus, especially the kidney bean, the seeds of which are used for food in Mexico, in the southwestern U.S., etc.

noun plural -joles (-həʊlz, Spanish -ˈxoles)

a variety of bean, esp of the French bean, extensively cultivated for food in Mexico

1570s, from Spanish frijoles (plural) “beans,” from Latin phaseolus, phaselus “kidney bean,” from Greek phaselos “a kind of bean.”