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Soybean   /sˈɔɪbˌin/   Listen
noun
Soybean  n.  
1.
(Bot.) An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine max, formerly Glycine Soja) the seeds of which (also called soy beans) are used in preparing the sauce called soy. Called also soya bean and soya.
2.
The seeds of the Glycine max, which produce soybean oil; called also soya bean.





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"Soybean" Quotes from Famous Books



... against it," declared the Sultan. "They are shards, weathered stone. There are no inscriptions, no art. There is no stimulation in dead stone. Now. Tomorrow I will hear a report on hybrid soybean plantings in the Upper Kam District. You ...
— Sjambak • John Holbrook Vance
... 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


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