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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
soya bean
noun
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▪ By 1959 four-fifths of wheat and nine-tenths of soya bean oil exports were paid for in this way.
▪ They pull toy boats made out of old soya bean oil cans.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
soya bean

Soybean \Soy"bean\ (soi"b[=e]n`), n.

  1. (Bot.) 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.

  2. the seeds of the Glycine max, which produce soybean oil; -- called also soya bean.

Wiktionary
soya bean

n. An Asian bushy leguminous plant of the species ''Glycine max'', extensively grown for its nutritious, oil-rich proteinaceous seeds and for forage.

WordNet
soya bean

  1. n. a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food [syn: soy, soybean]

  2. 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 [syn: soy, soya, soybean, soybean plant, soja, soja bean, Glycine max]

Usage examples of "soya bean".

A product of the soya bean, it is a biological emulsifier, nature's own pipe cleaner which scours the arteries, protects the heart, and controls the cholesterol level.

In the time they'd been overground, both Jodi and Kelso had overcome the revulsions all Trackers had towards eating the real thing - no easy task for someone raised on a diet of synthesized soya bean pap.

The menu even included a mountainous, mouth-watering pile of soya bean-burgers fresh from a giant microwave.

And not wretched sausages half full of bread and soya bean either, but real meaty, spicy ones, fat and piping hot and burst and just the tiniest bit burnt.