Soybean

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A southeast Asian annual leguminous plant (Glycine max), widely cultivated for forage and soil improvement and for its nutritious seeds.
  • n. The seed of this plant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A legume plant (scientific name Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover.
  • n. The edible seed of this plant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine max, formerly Glycine Soja) the seeds of which (also called soy beans) are used in preparing the sauce called soy. Called also soya bean and soya.
  • n. the seeds of the Glycine max, which produce soybean oil; -- called also soya bean.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See soy, 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
  • n. erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
  • n. the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bean    leguminous plant    legume   
    Variant
    soya bean    soya    soybean oil   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    soya bean   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cottonseed    sunflower    peanut    wheat    millet    barley    soy    coconut    cereal    flaxseed