Noun
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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)
- soya bean -
thin sauce made of fermented soy beans
- soy sauce -
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
- soya bean - soybean plant - soja bean - glycine max -
a source of oil
used for forage and soil improvement and as food
- soya bean