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Soybean

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
soybean

1795, from soy + bean (n.).

Wiktionary
soybean

alt. 1 A legume plant (''Glycine max''), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen fixing ground cover. 2 The edible seed of this plant. n. 1 A legume plant (''Glycine max''), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen fixing ground cover. 2 The edible seed of this plant.

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

  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, soya bean, soybean plant, soja, soja bean, Glycine max]

  3. most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known [syn: soy]

Wikipedia
Soybean

Glycine max, commonly known as soybean in North America or soya bean in British English, is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has numerous uses. The plant, classed as an oilseed rather than a pulse by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, produces significantly more protein per acre than most other uses of land.

Fat-free (defatted) soybean meal is a significant and cheap source of protein for animal feeds and many packaged meals. For example, soybean products, such as textured vegetable protein (TVP), are ingredients in many meat and dairy substitutes. The beans contain significant amounts of phytic acid, dietary minerals and B vitamins. Soy vegetable oil, used in food and industrial applications, is another product of processing the soybean crop. Traditional non-fermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk from which tofu and tofu skin are made. Fermented soy foods include soy sauce, fermented bean paste, natto and tempeh.

The main countries growing soybeans are the United States (32% of world total, 2016 forecast), Brazil (31%) and Argentina (18%).

Soybean (disambiguation)

Soybean is a species of legume native to East Asia (soya).

Soybean may also refer to:

  • Soybean aphid, an insect pest of the soybean
  • Soybean dwarf virus, a plant pathogenic virus
  • Soybean rust, a disease that affects soybeans and other legumes

Usage examples of "soybean".

The ability of soy protein to simultaneously reduce insulin secretion and increase glucagon secretion may account for many of the medical benefits of increased soybean consumption, such as decreased cholesterol synthesis and improved cardiovascular health.

Did Baroness Monique von Rutter buy her designer clothes and magnificent diamonds with the proceeds from soybeans?

On the field below them a harvester sprayed soybeans into a hopper truck.

A smooth paste, miso is made from cooked soybeans, grains, salt, and a mold culture and then aged in cedar vats for one to three years.

Like miso, shoyu is made by combining cooked soybeans, a grain, and a mold culture in a salty brine for 12 to 18 months.

For at least two years now, polyunsaturated oils like soybean and safflower have been considered dangerous compared with monounsaturated oils like olive and canola.

Men with knitted hats and curly moustaches bent low over their plates eating shreds of roasted soybean cut from the imitation shawarma that revolved on a spit in the window.

For at least two years now, polyunsaturated oils like soybean and safflower have been considered dangerous compared with monounsaturated oils like olive and canola.

The Americans wished to sell him corn and soybeans, but they were too late.

They had rice now, and corn, and wheat, and even a few cows for milk and chickens for eggs, and soybeans for protein.

The list of offer­ings was incredible: baked salmon steak, Maine lobster, roast sirloin, filet of sole, a whole roster of unobtainables, none of your dreary latter-day soybean clevernesses and seaweed con­fections.

Corn, soybeans and cottonseeds are also good sources of vegetable oil but do not yield as much per acre as sunflower seeds.

The brokers that took care of cash trading, the actual sale of wheat and soybeans and corn instead of futures contracts, had all gotten up from their desks and were watching the frenzy in the pit with interest.

The TDX grain elevator stood along one side of the slip, a series of off-white ten-story-high cylinders full of wheat, soybeans, and various kinds of agricultural pellets.

The most familiar examples are the combination of wheat and barley with peas and lentils in the Fertile Crescent, the combination of corn with several bean species in Mesoamerica, and the combination of rice and millets with soybeans and other beans in China.