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Soybean   /sˈɔɪbˌin/   Listen
Soybean

noun
1.
A source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food.  Synonyms: 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.  Synonyms: Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean plant.
3.
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, soya bean.



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"Soybean" Quotes from Famous Books



... meal is strongly influenced by freight costs. Cottonseed meal is cheapest in the south and the southwest where cotton is widely grown. Soybean meal may be more available and priced better in the midwest. Canadian gardeners are discovering canola meal, a byproduct from producing canola (or rapeseed) oil. When I took a sabbatical in Fiji, I advised local gardeners to use coconut meal, an inexpensive ...
— Organic Gardener's Composting • Steve Solomon



Words linked to "Soybean" :   soy flour, genus Glycine, soyabean oil, legume, edible bean, leguminous plant, soy sauce, bean, glycine



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