Etymology

phaseolus

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Today it means: any of several domesticated beans, of the genus Phaseolus, native to the Americas Full definition →

Latin phaseolus ← Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos)der.?
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  1. Ancient Greekφάσηλος (phásēlos)der.?
  2. Latinphasēlus
  3. Latinphaseolus
  4. English todayphaseolus

Borrowed from Latin phaseolus.

Words from the same roots

Latinphaseolus all →

phaseoliform

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