| NOUN | plant | Glycine max, soy, soya, soybean, soya bean, soybean plant, soja, soja bean | erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | soy, soya, soybean, soya bean, soybean plant, soja, soja bean | |
| Member of | Glycine, genus Glycine | genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs |
| Parts | soy, soybean, soya, soya bean | The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known |
| soy, soybean, soya bean | A source of oil | |
| Broader | legume, leguminous plant | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae |
| Spanish | glycine max, soja, soya | |
| Catalan | glycine max, Glycine max, soia, soja | |
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