soya
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1. 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) (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | bean, edible bean, |
| definition | : | any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | field soybean, |
| definition | : | seeds used as livestock feed (noun.food) |
| part meronym | : | glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| substance meronym | : | soy, soy sauce, |
| definition | : | thin sauce made of fermented soy beans (noun.food) |
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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | legume, leguminous plant, |
| definition | : | an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | soy, soya, soya bean, soybean, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.food) |
| part holonym | : | soy, soya bean, soybean, |
| definition | : | a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus glycine, glycine, |
| definition | : | genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean (noun.plant) |
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