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soya

DEFINITIONS OF: soya

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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

Synonyms:
Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant
Type of:
legume, leguminous plant
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

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)

Synonyms:
soy, soya bean, soybean
Types:
field soybean
seeds used as livestock feed
Type of:
bean, edible bean
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
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