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Source of plant protein
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soya bean
Word definitions for soya bean in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ 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.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An Asian bushy leguminous plant of the species ''Glycine max'', extensively grown for its nutritious, oil-rich proteinaceous seeds and for forage.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soybean \Soy"bean\ (soi"b[=e]n`), n. (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 . the seeds of the Glycine ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food [syn: soy , soybean ] erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially ...
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.