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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fri·jol, Fri·jole n.; pl. Frijoles . Also Fre·jol.
 1. 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.
 2.  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.
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