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soya bean
/ ˈsɔɪə; ˈsɔɪˌbiːn /
noun
- an Asian bean plant, Glycine max (or G. soja ), cultivated for its nutritious seeds, for forage, and to improve the soil
- the seed of this plant, used as food, forage, and as the source of an oil
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Word History and Origins
Origin of soya bean1
C17 soya, via Dutch soya from Japanese shōyu, from Chinese chiang yu, from chiang paste + yu sauce
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Example Sentences
Though domesticated more than 3,000 years ago, “hardly any other food plant is as modern as the soya bean.”
From The Daily Beast
Mixture of boiled tung and soya bean oil, thinned with petroleum and turpentine.
From Project Gutenberg
Soya bean oil, wood oil, and fish oil present themselves as candidates for such use.
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The soya bean is rapidly becoming an important product, especially in Manchuria.
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In some places I saw soya bean being grown between the rows as green manuring.
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This Manchu-Mongolian plain is destined to be the source of the world's supply of soya bean.
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